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Author Parsons, Lynn H

Title The birth of modern politics : Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the election of 1828 / by Lynn Hudson Parsons
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Pivotal moments in American history
Pivotal moments in American history.
Summary 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 southwesetern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political resume were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life. It was, many historians have argued, the country's first truly democratic presidential election. Lynn Hudson Parsons ar
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
SUBJECT Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 fast
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 fast
Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848 gnd
Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 gnd
Adams, John Quincy. swd
Jackson, Andrew Politiker. swd
USA Präsident gnd
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1828
Political campaigns -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Political parties -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Political campaigns
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
Presidents
Presidents -- Election
Politische Kultur
Präsidentenwahl
Wahlkampf
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140422
Subject United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199718504
0199718504
0195312872
9780195312874