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The Birth of Modern Politics. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828.
Lynn Hudson Parsons
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Description for The Birth of Modern Politics. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828.
Paperback. Series: Pivotal Moments in American History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 374.
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political résumé were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life. It was, many historians have argued, the country's first truly democratic presidential election. It was also the election that opened a Pandora's box of campaign tactics, including coordinated media, ... Read more
The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political résumé were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life. It was, many historians have argued, the country's first truly democratic presidential election. It was also the election that opened a Pandora's box of campaign tactics, including coordinated media, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Pivotal Moments in American History
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199754243
SKU
V9780199754243
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About Lynn Hudson Parsons
Lynn Hudson Parsons is Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York College at Brockport. He is the author of John Quincy Adams and coeditor, with Kenneth Paul O'Brien, of The Home-Front War: World War II and American Society.
Reviews for The Birth of Modern Politics. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828.
The Birth of Modern Politics' is short, smart, well-written and well-researched. Lynn Hudson Parsons is clearly a fair- minded and scrupulous historian. So it feels a bit churlish to point out that his fine new book is not about the birth of modern politics.
Washington Post
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