
Sean Wilentz
Author · 11 books
Sean Wilentz is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University. His many books include The Politicians and the Egalitarians: The Hidden History of American Politics (2016); Bob Dylan in America (2010); and The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974–2008 (2008). The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln (2005) was awarded the Bancroft Prize, and he has received two Grammy nominations for his writings on music.
Series
Books

The Best American History Essays on Lincoln
2008

The Politicians and the Egalitarians
The Hidden History of American Politics
2016

Chants Democratic
New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850
1984

The Rose and the Briar
Death, Love, and Liberty in the American Ballad
2004

360 Sound
2012

No Property in Man
Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation's Founding
2018

Bob Dylan in America
2010

The Age of Reagan
A History, 1974-2008
2008

Andrew Jackson
2005

The Rise of American Democracy
Jefferson to Lincoln
2005

Major Problems in the Early Republic, 1787-1848
1991