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Title: Age of Jackson by Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. ISBN: 0-316-77343-3 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 28 November, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A brilliant history limited by the time and the author.
Comment: I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. THE AGE OF JACKSON was inspired by the author's support of FDR's New Deal, not World War II. Jackson's Democrats are FDR's Democrats, and the anti-Jackson Whigs are the anti-FDR Republicans. Therefore, any theme that did not support Jackson's image as a democrat and enemy of the wealthy was ignored, such as Old Hickory's genocidal policy against Native Americans. However, within his limitations, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. is a brilliant historian, and THE AGE OF JACKSON was well deserving of its Pulitzer Prize.
Rating: 5
Summary: Review from a high school student
Comment: I used this book as a resource for my AP US History term paper, and it was by far the best resource I could find on Jacksonian democracy. Schlesinger carefully details the events and attitudes surrounding the shift from Jeffersonian to Jacksonian (modern) democracy. It is tough reading, and there are a few somewhat opinionated comparisons between the 1940s and 1830s, but it is outstanding history.
Rating: 3
Summary: a let down but worth the experience
Comment: It's worth the read for the names and events that one encounters but I expected more of a work that's been awarded a Pulitzer; it is blantantly bias and I consider myself a liberal! I do believe instead of writing history Mr. Schlesinger was trying to woo the public.
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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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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: Andrew Jackson Vs. Henry Clay: Democracy and Development in Antebellum America (Bedford Series in History and Culture (Paper)) by Harry L. Watson ISBN: 0312112130 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The American Political Tradition : And the Men Who Made it by Richard Hofstadter ISBN: 0679723153 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 April, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Jacksonian Persuasion: Politics and Belief by Marvin Meyers ISBN: 0804705062 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: December, 1960 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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