Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America
- ISBN-10
- 0809065479
- ISBN-13
- 9780809065479
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 313
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-02
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Harry L. Watson
Description
As an engaging and persuasive survey of American public life from 1816 to 1848, this work remains a landmark achievement. Now updated to address twenty-five years of new scholarship, the book 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 work, the author examines the tension between liberty and power that both characterized the period and formed part of its historical legacy.
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- 2004-09-23
- 136 pages
- Ebook
- Brookings Institution Press
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