The essays are interconnected by Davis's central concern with violence, irrationality, and the definition of moral limits during a period when Americans believed they were breaking free from historical constraints and acquiring new powers ...
This reprint of that important work includes a new preface by the author, in which he situates the book's argument within the historiographic debates of the last two decades.
This reprint of that important work includes a new preface by the author, in which he situates the book's argument within the historiographic debates of the last two decades.