Flowers, Guns, and Money: Joel Roberts Poinsett and the Paradoxes of American Patriotism

by Lindsay Schakenbach Regele

Book Overview

A fascinating historical account of a largely forgotten statesman, who pioneered a form of patriotism that left an indelible mark on the early United States.

Joel Roberts Poinsett's (1779-1851) brand of self-interested patriotism illuminates the paradoxes of the antebellum United States. He was a South Carolina investor and enslaver, a confidant of Andrew Jackson, and a secret agent in South America who fought surreptitiously...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226829626
• ISBN13: 9780226829623
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"