 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kudzidza kwenhoroondo kwaWilentz kwakanangana nekukosha kwekirasi nerudzi munguva yekutanga yenyika, kunyanya muNew York City. Wilentz ave achinyorawo mabhuku pamusoro pechitendero chezana ramakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe uye hupenyu hwevashandi. Bhuku rake rakanyatsorondedzerwa zvikuru rinonzi The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln W.W. Norton, 2005 rakakunda Bancroft Prize. Chinangwa chake chakanga chiri chokumutsiridza mukurumbira waAndrew Jackson nedemokrasi yaJackson, iyo yakanga iri kurwiswa kubva kuruboshwe nemhaka yokutsigira kwaJackson uranda uye kutsvaka varanda vakanga vatiza, uye zvikurukuru utsinye hwake kuvaIndia, kubatanidza kubviswa kwake kwavanhu vechiIndia nechisimbakubva kunyika dzakatorwa navanhu vane madzitateguru vokuEurope. Wilentz akadzokera kumisoro yaArthur Schlesinger Jr. yaitsigira Jackson, uyo muna 1946 akanga arumbidza mitemo yaitsigira vashandi veNorthern, vagari vomumaguta vaJackson. Munguva pfupi yapfuura akatendeudzira kudzidza kwake kunhoroondo yemazuva ano yeUS, kunyanya mu Zera raReagan: Nhoroondo, 19742008, rakaburitswa muna Chivabvu 2008. 