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Title: Andrew Jackson Vs. Henry Clay: Democracy and Development in Antebellum America (Bedford Series in History and Culture (Paper)) by Harry L. Watson ISBN: 0-312-11213-0 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Clear, concise explanation the Clay/Jackson power struggle
Comment: Today we know them as Old Hickory and the Great Compromiser. However, they called each other King Andrew the first and the Corrupt Bargainer. Jackson and Clay were the opposite poles of the axis of Antebellum politics. Each man carried an ideological dislike and often personal hatred of the other man. However, each shaped the political landscape in the US perhaps more than any men after 1800. The 1820-30s were the utmost of critical in the development of the US- the crossroads where the US could prove a failed democratic experiment or emerging industrial country. In these crucial times nothing happened in Washington, DC without either Clay's or Jackson's approval. Their personal feud infulenced everything from construction of national highways, and the national banking system to slavery and tarriffs.
Watson keeps an even hand in explaining the complex relationship of these two important men. His writing is percise and insightful. The first part is Watson's explantion and analysis. Part 2 consist of over 100 pages of historical letters and writings. This allows the reader to understand Jackson and Clay thru their own words. The 200+ pages read very fast and contain all the information your likely to ever need to know about the connection between Clay and Jackson. The book was designed "to be a reasonable one-week assignment for a college course." It proves very reasonable indeed.
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Title: Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union by Robert Vincent Remini ISBN: 0393310884 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: November, 1993 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Andrew Jackson and the Bank War: A Study in the Growth of Presidential Power (Norton Essays in American History.) by Robert Vincent Remini ISBN: 0393097579 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: December, 1967 List Price(USD): $14.20 |
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Title: Age of Jackson by Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ISBN: 0316773433 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 28 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War by Michael F. Holt ISBN: 0195161041 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Life of Andrew Jackson by Robert V. Remini ISBN: 0060937351 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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