Liberty and Power The Politics of Jacksonian America

Name: Liberty and Power The Politics of Jacksonian America
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ISBN: 9780809065479

ISBN-10: 0809065479

ISBN-13: 9780809065479

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Harry L. Watson

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As an engaging and persuasive survey of American public life from 1816 to 1848, Harry L. Watson's Liberty and Power remains a landmark achievement. Now updated to address twenty-five years of new scholarship, the book brilliantly interprets the exciting political landscape that was the age of Jackson-a time that saw the rise of strong political parties and an increased popular involvement in national politics. In this enduring and impressive work, Watson examines the tension between liberty and power that both characterized the period and formed part of its historical legacy.

Book details

List price: $19.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.41" wide x 8.29" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Harry L. Watson is professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of the American South with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill He is author of four books, including Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay: Democracy and Development i



Preface to the Revised Edition


Introduction



The Great Body of the People



Republican Theory and Practice



A Corrupt Bargain



"Our Federal Union. It Must Be Preserved"



Killing the Monster



National Parties and Local Politics



Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler



The Second American Party System


Afterword: Questions and Controversies


Bibliographical Essay


Index