Vindicating Andrew Jackson: The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-party System

Vindicating Andrew Jackson: The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-party System
ISBN-10
0700616616
ISBN-13
9780700616619
Category
Political Science
Pages
254
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
American Presidential Election
Author
Donald B. Cole

Description

The first book in almost fifty years on the storied 1828 campaign gets beyond the myths of the infamously nasty election, revealing how it provided the impetus to mass political parties--and therefore to democracy, paving the way for the modern presidential campaign.

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