The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828

by Lynn Hudson Parsons

Book Overview

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 southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political r?sum? were as impressive as any ever seen in American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195312872
• ISBN13: 9780195312874
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"