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The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln

Sean Wilentz

A political history of how the fledgling American republic developed into a democratic state offers insight into how historical beliefs about democracy compromised democratic progress and identifies the roles of key contributors.

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyAmerican PoliticsPresidency & Executive PowerConstitutional History

Award History

1 wins · 3 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Bancroft PrizeMajor2006WinnerOfficial source
Pulitzer Prize in HistoryMajor2006FinalistSecondary source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2005FinalistSecondary source
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Experimental book profileGenerated by GPT-5.4 nano · may contain inaccuracies

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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

    This suggestion did not meet the normal display threshold and is more likely to be wrong.

    Historical beliefs about democracy compromised democratic progress, and the book identifies the roles of key contributors in the American republic’s development into a democratic state.

    Model confidence 48%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 46%.