The Age of Jackson and the Art of American Power, 1815-1848 /

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As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and acts that dominated American politics. Although Jackson returned to his Tennessee plantation in March 1...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nester, William R., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, [2013]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jackson, Andrew, > 1767-1845.
Presidents.
Politics and government
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Biographies.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The precedents, 1769-1829
  • The making of the man
  • The battle of New Orleans
  • The fate of Spanish Florida
  • The fire bell in the night
  • The Monroe Doctrine
  • The corrupt bargain
  • The presidency, 1829-1837
  • The scandals
  • The monster bank
  • The nullification crisis
  • The spoils
  • The master's nightmare
  • The Trail of Tears
  • The world beyond
  • The Texas Revolution
  • The protegees, 1837-1848
  • The little magician
  • The industrial and cultural revolutions
  • The transcendentalists
  • The annexation
  • The manifest destiny
  • The Mexican War
  • The legacy.

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