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

• Autore: Parsons Lynn H
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 324.70973; 973.55
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-240) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Editor's Note; Prologue; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The birth of modern politics
• ISBN: 0-19-771681-4; 0-19-983754-6; 1-282-05358-2; 9786612053580; 0-19-971850-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806243603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pivotal moments in American history.