The American Presidents, Andrew Jackson
By Sean Wilentz
Andrew Jackson believed that the American government should be as democratic as possible. He came of political age at exactly the right moment. As the revolutionary generation passed from the scene a new movement based on the principle of broader democracy gathered a force and united behind Jackson, the charismatic general and hero of the War of 1812 who embodied the hopes of ordinary citizens. His presidency signaled a transition in the history of American democratic politics a hinge between the founding of the Republic and its rebirth in the Civil War.
Hardback, 197 pages
