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Liberty and Power : The Politics of Jacksonian America

ISBN: 9780374521967 | 0374521964
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Pub. Date: 2/1/1990

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
The raucous political debates of Jacksonian America often seemed to pit those who defended the ideals of liberty against those who asserted power. Harry L. Watson argues that these were serious policy disputes about the future of the Republic and the nature of its society and economy, and they led to intensified public involvement in politics and enduring political parties. His narrative shows how religious revivalism, new waves of immigration, westward expansion, the deeply divisive issue of Afro-American slavery, nascent industrialism, and ot... MORE
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introduction3(14)
The Great Body of the People
17(25)
Republican Theory and Practice
... MORE42(31)
A Corrupt Bargain
73(23)
``Our Federal Union. It Must Be Preserved''
96(36)
Killing the Monster
132(40)
National Parties and Local Politics
172(26)
Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler
198(33)
The Second American Party System
231(24)
Essay on Sources255(12)
Index267
Harry L. Watson, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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