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| In the early 1800s, there was an optimistic Era of Good Feelings in a unified country. David S. Reynolds, who is both a historian and a literary critic, explores this period in WAKING GIANT: AMERICA IN THE AGE OF JACKSON. Reynolds starts with the political missteps of John Quincy Adams and the more expansionist, urban, and capitalistic America that was beginning to emerge. He helps the reader imagine the cultural, literary, and artistic milieu of these years, then goes on to illuminate the impact of Adams?s successor, Andrew Jackson, a highly polarizing and often misunderstood figure, showing how Jackson used the office of the President in a way that presaged the actions of modern Presidents and built the underlying structures from which the United States would eventually assert its worldwide influence. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of 2008. |
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Key Information
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David S. Reynolds |
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United States / 19th Century |
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History |
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New York Times Book Review: "More often than not, historians treat this period with a wave of a hand, as little more than the run-up to the unbridled struggle between North and South. In his latest book, WAKING GIANT, David S. Reynolds...the author of JOHN BROWN, ABOLITIONIST among other books, asks us instead to more carefully consider the brawling, chaotic, boisterous years from 1815 to 1848 as a fascinating age in its own right. In this, he succeeds handsomely." |
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Book Editions
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- Hardcover
- 466
- October 01, 2008
- Harpercollins
- 9.5"(h) x 6.5"(w) x 1"(d), 1.72 lbs.
- 9780060826567
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