{"product_id":"aristocracy-in-america-francis-j-grund-9780826221568","title":"Aristocracy in America: From the Sketch-Book of a German Nobleman","description":"In Jacksonian America, as Grund exposes, the wealthy inhabitants of northern cities and the plantation South may have been willing to accept their poorer neighbors as political and legal peers, but rarely as social equals. In this important work, he thus sheds light on the nature of the struggle between \"aristocracy\" and \"democracy\" that loomed so large in early republican Americans' minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Francis J. Grund, a German emigrant, was one of the most influential journalists in America in the three decades preceding the Civil War. He also wrote several books, including this fictional, satiric travel memoir in response to Alexis de Tocqueville's famous \u003ci\u003eDemocracy in America\u003c\/i\u003e. Armin Mattes provides a thorough account of Grund's dynamic engagement in American political life, and brings to light many of Grund's reflections on American social and political life previously published only in German\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eMattes shows how Grund's work can expand our understanding of the emerging democratic political culture and society in the antebellum United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis J. Grund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0826221564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826221568\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Missouri Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.60d","brand":"Francis J. Grund","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076656886015,"sku":"9780826221568","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afc31393-0f6b-42b7-94c8-79d319387506.jpg?v=1685466129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/aristocracy-in-america-francis-j-grund-9780826221568","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}