Distant Revolutions: 1848 and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism

by Timothy Mason Roberts

Book Overview

Distant Revolutions: 1848 and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reactions of Americans to the European revolutions of 1848. Flush from the recent American military victory over Mexico, many Americans celebrated news of democratic revolutions breaking out across Europe as a further sign of divine providence. Others...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813927994
• ISBN13: 9780813927992
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher