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The Young America Movement was an American political, cultural and literary movement in the mid-19th century. Inspired by European reform movements of the 1830s, the American group was formed as a political organization in 1845 by Edwin de Leon and George Henry Evans.
The phrase “Young America” connoted territorial and commercial expan-sion in the antebellum United States. During the years leading up to the Civil War, it permeated various parts of the Democratic Party, producing new perspectives in the realms of economics, foreign policy, and constitu-tionalism.
Eyal, Yonatan The Young America Movement and the Transformation of the Democratic Party, 1828û1861. Cambridge University Press, $75.00 hardcover ISBN 9780521875646 Young America and Antebellum Politics The label Young America surfaced in the 1840s to denote an exuberant romantic nationalism and the literati who espoused it. Rather a spirit than a
The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within the Democratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated with the New York periodical, the Democratic Review. In this revealing book, Mark Power Smith explores the ways in which–in dialogue with its critics–the movement forged contrasting visions of American nationalism in the ...
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Jun 26, 2022 · The Young America movement, strongest among members of the Democratic Party but spanning the political spectrum, downplayed divisions over slavery and ethnicity by embracing national unity and emphasizing American exceptionalism, territorial expansion, democratic participation, and economic interdependence. 2 Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson captured ...
Jul 31, 2009 · Introduction: The Spirit of Young America. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 July 2009. Yonatan Eyal. Chapter. Get access. Cite. Summary. In 1853, New York writer and lecturer George William Curtis tried to put into words the elusive mindset known as Young America.
Workspace Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Young Americans were a nationalist movement within theDemocratic Party made up of writers and politicians associated withthe New York periodical, the Democr...
