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― David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass
"Within the pandora’s box of antebellum America, Edward L. Ayers finds hope from a dazzling array of eloquent prophets, secular and sacred. In vivid prose and with keen insight, American Visions reveals many alluring futures for our embattled republic."
― Alan Taylor, author of American Republics
"Edward L. Ayers reveals a deeply contested but also very American way of envisioning possibility and promise. A page-turning tour de force by one of our most visionary historians."
― Kathleen DuVal, author of Independence Lost
"[A] triumphant scholarly synthesis that depicts a broad range of figures―authors, reformers, pseudoscientists, mystics, showmen, and more―who made this period one of the most fascinating and important times in American history."
― David S. Reynolds, author of Abe
"In vivid prose, Ayers etches diverse Americans on the move and at odds in this energetic guide to artistic, literary, utopian, and pragmatic impulses in the United States across six critical decades. May this account of earlier Americans’ sense of possibility spur us to reimagine our own world."
― Kate Masur, author of Until Justice Be Done
"Agile…and illuminating."
― Publishers Weekly
"Ayers' accurate, balanced, and compelling history proves that progress is possible and that patriotism can be rooted in the complicated truths about the past."
― Booklist
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars A shrewd new history of a critical period of American history
From acclaimed author and historian Edward Ayers comes a dynamic and revealing history of a country on the rise yet in conflict with itself. Told through the eyes of American visionaries, the picture is complex and nuanced, balancing the voices of dissent with those trumpeting the potential for greatness in a new republic.
4.0 out of 5 stars Audible version: Great book; distracting narrator
This is an important book, and a great read. Ayers has a knack for conveying complex information in an accessible, conversational style. Material that is clearly meticulously researched is synthesized in a way that doesn't feel laden with footnotes.But the Audible narrator is a poor fit for Ayers's masterful writing. Brandon Pollock seems oddly unfamiliar with the English language, consistently mispronouncing very common words in idiosyncratic ways, sometimes substituting the wrong word and obfuscating the meaning of the narrative. He garbles common proper nouns as well, skimming right over "novelist Charles Dickenson", referring to Dickens.Hence the lost fifth star.
5.0 out of 5 stars culture has current also.
An unexpected delight. Ayers has ridden the current of American culture through the first half of the nineteenth century to explain the complex ‘why’ for the Civil War. Most others have focused on the ‘what’. This is more about the ebb and flow of American culture. I have published my own book about the nineteenth century, (Bloodletting and Germs) but Ayers has made me think again. Well done!
5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book that covers a little known part of history.
Great book but I returned it because it was so poorly packed that the book arrived thoroughly thrashed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
This book arrived quickly and in good condition. I haven’t read it yet.
5.0 out of 5 stars U.S. History
Ayers tells the story of a growing United States in the first half of the 19th century. What makes this history different is that he tells the story of writers, painters, explorers, etc. Almost no mention is made of Presidents and politicians. Normally, I do not like these stories, but Ayers does it so well that I found reading very easy.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent short history of USA
This was a very easy to read book. Well written and stayed focused on the important parts. Covers USA from 1800s until the beginning of the civil war. You get information about presidents. Cultural figures. Issues with slavery. Women’s rights. And info about pop culture and items. Any book that is easy to read and can include all of that information is a book of quality.Highly recommended book. The one review that gave this one star and said it’s all about slavery is a clearly bogus review. That person clearly did not read this book. No idea if that’s just some troublesome fool or someone with a personal vendetta against the author.I’d gladly read more books by this author.
5.0 out of 5 stars COMPREHENSIVE!
If you are interested in American intellectual history and the thought and cultural trends that powered every phase of our national history in the decades before the Civil War, this terrific book is one-stop shopping. Readable, fact-filled, and clearly the result of enormous research and even more enormous analysis and reflection, AMERICAN VISIONS is a short course in American Studies at its best. I’ve been studying and reading and teaching about this stuff for sixty years, and I love the new learning I took away from this book.
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
Review
― David W. Blight, author of Frederick Douglass
"Within the pandora’s box of antebellum America, Edward L. Ayers finds hope from a dazzling array of eloquent prophets, secular and sacred. In vivid prose and with keen insight, American Visions reveals many alluring futures for our embattled republic."
― Alan Taylor, author of American Republics
"Edward L. Ayers reveals a deeply contested but also very American way of envisioning possibility and promise. A page-turning tour de force by one of our most visionary historians."
― Kathleen DuVal, author of Independence Lost
"[A] triumphant scholarly synthesis that depicts a broad range of figures―authors, reformers, pseudoscientists, mystics, showmen, and more―who made this period one of the most fascinating and important times in American history."
― David S. Reynolds, author of Abe
"In vivid prose, Ayers etches diverse Americans on the move and at odds in this energetic guide to artistic, literary, utopian, and pragmatic impulses in the United States across six critical decades. May this account of earlier Americans’ sense of possibility spur us to reimagine our own world."
― Kate Masur, author of Until Justice Be Done
"Agile…and illuminating."
― Publishers Weekly
"Ayers' accurate, balanced, and compelling history proves that progress is possible and that patriotism can be rooted in the complicated truths about the past."
― Booklist
About the Author
Reviews:
5.0 out of 5 stars A shrewd new history of a critical period of American history
From acclaimed author and historian Edward Ayers comes a dynamic and revealing history of a country on the rise yet in conflict with itself. Told through the eyes of American visionaries, the picture is complex and nuanced, balancing the voices of dissent with those trumpeting the potential for greatness in a new republic.
4.0 out of 5 stars Audible version: Great book; distracting narrator
This is an important book, and a great read. Ayers has a knack for conveying complex information in an accessible, conversational style. Material that is clearly meticulously researched is synthesized in a way that doesn't feel laden with footnotes.But the Audible narrator is a poor fit for Ayers's masterful writing. Brandon Pollock seems oddly unfamiliar with the English language, consistently mispronouncing very common words in idiosyncratic ways, sometimes substituting the wrong word and obfuscating the meaning of the narrative. He garbles common proper nouns as well, skimming right over "novelist Charles Dickenson", referring to Dickens.Hence the lost fifth star.
5.0 out of 5 stars culture has current also.
An unexpected delight. Ayers has ridden the current of American culture through the first half of the nineteenth century to explain the complex ‘why’ for the Civil War. Most others have focused on the ‘what’. This is more about the ebb and flow of American culture. I have published my own book about the nineteenth century, (Bloodletting and Germs) but Ayers has made me think again. Well done!
5.0 out of 5 stars A very interesting book that covers a little known part of history.
Great book but I returned it because it was so poorly packed that the book arrived thoroughly thrashed.
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
This book arrived quickly and in good condition. I haven’t read it yet.
5.0 out of 5 stars U.S. History
Ayers tells the story of a growing United States in the first half of the 19th century. What makes this history different is that he tells the story of writers, painters, explorers, etc. Almost no mention is made of Presidents and politicians. Normally, I do not like these stories, but Ayers does it so well that I found reading very easy.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent short history of USA
This was a very easy to read book. Well written and stayed focused on the important parts. Covers USA from 1800s until the beginning of the civil war. You get information about presidents. Cultural figures. Issues with slavery. Women’s rights. And info about pop culture and items. Any book that is easy to read and can include all of that information is a book of quality.Highly recommended book. The one review that gave this one star and said it’s all about slavery is a clearly bogus review. That person clearly did not read this book. No idea if that’s just some troublesome fool or someone with a personal vendetta against the author.I’d gladly read more books by this author.
5.0 out of 5 stars COMPREHENSIVE!
If you are interested in American intellectual history and the thought and cultural trends that powered every phase of our national history in the decades before the Civil War, this terrific book is one-stop shopping. Readable, fact-filled, and clearly the result of enormous research and even more enormous analysis and reflection, AMERICAN VISIONS is a short course in American Studies at its best. I’ve been studying and reading and teaching about this stuff for sixty years, and I love the new learning I took away from this book.
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