Liberty and Power : The Politics of Jacksonian America,9780374521967

Liberty and Power : The Politics of Jacksonian America

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ISBN13: 9780374521967
ISBN10: 0374521964
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1990-02-01
Publisher(s): Hill and Wang
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Summary

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 other socioeconomic forces put strains on America's political framework and, in the end, transformed it.

Author Biography

Harry L. Watson, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3(14)
The Great Body of the People
17(25)
Republican Theory and Practice
42(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 Sources 255(12)
Index 267

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