James T. Kloppenberg presents the history of democracy from the perspective of those who established its principles, offering a fresh look at how ideas about representative government, suffrage, and the principles of self-rule and ideals ...

The volume explores ways in which American ideas have circulated in different cultures.

Set in the village of Suez in the fictional state of Dixie, the novel revolves around the coming of age of its hero, John March.

This new Princeton Classics edition marks the fiftieth anniversary of the book's initial publication and includes a new preface by the author.