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9780060826574

Waking Giant : America in the Age of Jackson

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060826574

  • ISBN10:

    0060826576

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

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The Bancroft Prize-winning author offers a fascinating history of Jacksonian America. "Waking Giant" captures the turbulence of a democracy caught in the throes of the slavery controversy, the rise of capitalism, and the birth of urbanization. 40 bw illustrations throughout.

Author Biography

David S. Reynolds is Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His books include John Brown Abolitionist, winner of Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award; Walt Whitman's America, winner of the Bancroft Prize and the Ambassador Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Beneath the American Renaissance, winner of the Christian Gauss Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He lives in Ole Westbury, New York.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. ix
Prologuep. 1
Froging a National Identityp. 5
Political Fight, Popular Fêtesp. 35
Jackson's Presidency: Democracy and Powerp. 81
God's Many Kingdomsp. 123
Reforms, Panaceas Inventions, Fadsp. 175
Rebellion and Renaissancep. 236
Party Politics and Manifest Destinyp. 308
Epilogue: Endings, Beginningsp. 365
Acknowledgmentsp. 385
Notesp. 387
Selated Sources and Readingsp. 419
Indexp. 437
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