The Age of Jackson

by Arthur Meier Schlesinger

Paperback, 1964

Status

Available

Call number

973.56

Collection

Publication

Mentor / New American Library (1964), Edition: Abridged, Mass Market Paperback, 192 pages

Description

This volume by the great American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger embraces the Age of Andrew Jackson from its inception to its influence upon the history of our country. It captures the historical, cultural, economic and political life of the United States as it grew from Jefferson's day to the violent early eruptions of financial and industrial forces that threatened the basic principles of our constitutional democracy. -- from http://www.amazon.com (Sep. 6, 2011).

User reviews

LibraryThing member kencf0618
Still the standard work on on the first irruption of populism in the U.S.
LibraryThing member ravenshuegel
Compelling History of the Evolution of Conservative versus Working Class politics in the first half of the 19th century. Applies to our era as well.
LibraryThing member JVioland
Witness the progression of Democracy in the formative years of the United States. The era of the Founders is just about over. Some remnants still live and the attitude of the affluent minority tries to influence a government that is truly of the people. Jackson's struggle against Biddle is here in
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fine detail. The early secession movement of John C. Calhoun is established in Southern political beliefs. The growth westward... All these struggles are explored in wonderful detail, but not so detailed that the reader becomes bored. A terrific history book for the era.
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LibraryThing member hmskip
This book replaces a long section of American history left blank by all the school books I had. I had already read a bio of Jackson years ago, but this book is not about Jackson. It is about that blank period between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. It is primarily a political history of that era
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which was defined to a large extent by the rise of Andrew Jackson and the Democratic party. It is a hard read, about 10% of which is contained in the footnotes. Sheds a lot of light on how America got from an innocent, largely aristocratic republic to a popular (if not completely enfranchised) democracy ultimately driven into the Civil War.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize (Winner — History — 1946)
Ohioana Book Award (Winner — Nonfiction — 1946)

Language

Original publication date

1945

ISBN

none
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