The birth of modern politics : Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 / Lynn Hudson Parsons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parsons, Lynn H.

Series:

Pivotal moments in American history.

Pivotal moments in American history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents--United States--Election--1828.

Presidents.

Political campaigns--United States--History--19th century.

Political campaigns.

Political culture--United States--History--19th century.

Political culture.

Political parties--United States--History--19th century.

Political parties.

Presidents--United States--Biography.

United States--Politics and government--19th century.

United States.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.

Jackson, Andrew.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.

Adams, John Quincy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 southwesetern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England ""aristocrat"" whose education and political resume 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. Lynn Hudson Parsons argues tha

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Note; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-240) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-771681-4

0-19-983754-6

1-282-05358-2

9786612053580

0-19-971850-4

OCLC:

320780139