Liberty and Power : The Politics of Jacksonian America
ISBN: 9780809065479 | 0809065479
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Pub. Date: 5/2/2006
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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 for... MORE
| Preface to the Revised Edition | xi | ||
| Introduction | 3 | (14) | |
| 1. The Great Body of the People | 17 | (25) | |
| 2. Republican Theory and Practice | 42 | (31) | |
| 3. A Corrupt Bargain | 73 | ... MORE | |
| 4. "Our Federal Union. It Must Be Preserved" | 96 | (36) | |
| 5. Killing the Monster | 132 | (40) | |
| 6. National Parties and Local Politics | 172 | (26) | |
| 7. Van Buren, Harrison, and Tyler | 198 | (33) | |
| 8. The Second American Party System | 231 | (24) | |
| Afterword: Questions and Controversies | 255 | (26) | |
| Bibliographical Essay | 281 | (24) | |
| Index | 305 |
Harry L. Watson, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the author of Jacksonian Politics and Community Conflict and An Independent People.
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