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Autore |
Parsons Lynn H |
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Titolo |
The birth of modern politics [[electronic resource] ] : Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 / / Lynn Hudson Parsons |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-05358-2 |
9786612053580 |
0-19-971850-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Collana |
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Pivotal moments in American history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States - Election - 1828 |
Political campaigns - United States - History - 19th century |
Political culture - United States - History - 19th century |
Political parties - United States - History - 19th century |
Presidents - United States |
Electronic books. |
United States Politics and government 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-240) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Editor's Note; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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