Democracies in America collects twenty-five essays from a diverse group of contributors, each centred around a keyword from the language we use to discuss democracy. The relationship between "America" and "democracy" is examined from multi-disciplinary angles and at different moments in 19th century history, while glancing forward to our time. In keeping with the project's avowed aim of serving larger initiatives in civics education and democratic citizenship, the essays are accessible, largely jargon-free, and accompanied by bibliographies of more extensive scholarship on their subjects; as such, the book will serve as an indisputably valuable research tool for any readership from high school onward.