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Jacksonian America : society, personality, and politics / Edward Pessen.
- Title
- Jacksonian America : society, personality, and politics / Edward Pessen.
- Author
- Pessen, Edward, 1920-1992.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1985, c1978.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E338 .P4 1985 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 379 p.; 26 cm.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: Homewood, Ill. : Dorsey Press, 1978.
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 329-367.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction: the continuing fascination of the Jacksonian era -- The Jacksonian character: a contemporary portrait of American personality, traits, and values -- The changing population: ethnic, racial, and sexual minorities -- The "urban revolution" and other social developments -- The inegalitarian society -- Jacksonian capitalism: agriculture, labor, and industry -- Jacksonian capitalism: transportation, commerce, and banking -- The new political system of the Jacksonian era -- The new men of politics -- The rise of major parties: Democratic and Whig theory and practice -- Who were the Democrats? Who were the Whigs? The major parties' differences evaluated -- The ideological parties of the Jacksonian era: the minor parties revisited -- Reflections on the political issues of the Jacksonian era.
- ISBN
- 0252012372 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^^85001100^
- OCLC
- 11783430
- SCSB-11523021
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library