The Republic for Which it Stands
Saturday, January 30, 2021
Richard White’s The Republic for Which it Stands is an intimidatingly large history. It which takes us from Andrew Johnson, who argued to Frederick Douglass’ face that poor whites were the real victims of slavery, through the parade of bearded Presidents, and all the way to William McKinley. This was an America unable to decide what it stood for. The republican dream of independent producers was constantly threatened, but no alternative could take hold.…more