Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson Paperback - 2009
by David S. Reynolds
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 b&w illustrations throughout.
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America experienced unprecedented growth and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. It was an age when Andrew Jackson redefined the presidency and James K. Polk expanded the nation's territory. Bancroft Prize-winning historian and literary critic David S. Reynolds captures the turbulence of a democracy caught in the throes of the controversy over slavery, the rise of capitalism, and the birth of urbanization. He brings to life the reformers, abolitionists, and temperance advocates who struggled to correct America's worst social ills, and he reveals the shocking phenomena that marked the age: violent mobs, P. T. Barnum's freaks, all-seeing mesmerists, polygamous prophets, and rabble-rousing feminists. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, Waking Giant is a brilliant chronicle of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise.
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- Title Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson
- Author David S. Reynolds
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2009-09-29
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060826574 / 0060826576
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.28 x 1.15 in (20.32 x 13.41 x 2.92 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.5
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 11/15/2009, Page 28
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