The Age of Jackson

by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Overview

"The outgrowth of a series of lectures entitled 'A reinterpretation of Jacksonian democracy' delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in the fall of 1941."--Acknowledgements.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316773430
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	11/28/1988
Series:	Back Bay Books (Series)
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	577
Sales rank:	698,479
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.32(d)

Table of Contents

Only in the very widest possible sense could this book be called a biography of Andrew Jackson. The figure of Jackson looms large in its pages because his impact on his era had such a permanent influence on American democracy. This volume embraces that whole era 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 and burgeoned from Jefferson's day to the violent early eruptions of financial and industrial forces that threatened the basic principles of constitutional democracy. The author offers an interpretation of democracy's future through a brilliant study of its strident past.