{"product_id":"andrew-jackson-the-american-presidents-series-the-7th-president-1829-1837-hardcover","title":"Andrew Jackson: The American Presidents Series: The 7th President, 1829-1837 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilentz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe towering figure who remade American politics--the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is rare that historians manage both Wilentz's deep interpretation and lively narrative. - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Founding Fathers espoused a republican government, but they were distrustful of the common people, having designed a constitutional system that would temper popular passions. But as the revolutionary generation passed from the scene in the 1820s, a new movement, based on the principle of broader democracy, gathered force and united behind Andrew Jackson, the charismatic general who had defeated the British at New Orleans and who embodied the hopes of ordinary Americans. Raising his voice against the artificial inequalities fostered by birth, station, monied power, and political privilege, Jackson brought American politics into a new age.\u003cbr\u003e Sean Wilentz, one of America's leading historians of the nineteenth century, recounts the fiery career of this larger-than-life figure, a man whose high ideals were matched in equal measure by his failures and moral blind spots, a man who is remembered for the accomplishments of his eight years in office and for the bitter enemies he made. It was in Jackson's time that the great conflicts of American politics--urban versus rural, federal versus state, free versus slave--crystallized, and Jackson was not shy about taking a vigorous stand. It was under Jackson that modern American politics began, and his legacy continues to inform our debates to the present day.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSean Wilentz\u003c\/b\u003e, a professor of history at Princeton University, is the author or editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eChants Democratic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also written for\u003ci\u003e The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He lives in Princeton, New Jersey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e, (1917-2007) was the preeminent political historian of our time. For more than half a century, he was a cornerstone figure in the intellectual life of the nation and a fixture on the political scene. He won two Pulitzer prizes for \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e (1946) and \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1966), and in 1988 received the National Humanities Medal. He published the first volume of his autobiography, \u003ci\u003eA Life in the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2000.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 27, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761333797152,"sku":"9780805069259","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/421fcdcc141b84ebe2be2b56a833aaf4.webp?v=1780204808","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/andrew-jackson-the-american-presidents-series-the-7th-president-1829-1837-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}