The Age of Jackson
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A good fit for
- University faculty and students studying nineteenth-century American political history and constitutional development
- Readers interested in the American presidency, party politics, and democratic theory
- Researchers in history and literature concerned with historiographical schools and the debates over progressive historiography
- Readers seeking to train their skills in argumentation and source analysis through a classic historical work
Not a good fit for
- Readers who want only a personal biography of Jackson and expect abundant anecdotes and private-life detail
- Readers wholly unfamiliar with American political institutions and historical context who lack the patience for long-form argument
- Readers who prefer popular narrative and resist historiographical concepts and academic discussion
Reading tips
- Begin with the introduction and conclusion to grasp the author's core judgments about "Jacksonian democracy," then proceed to the individual chapters.
- As you read, make notes on the key events and institutional changes of Jackson's presidency, forming both a timeline and a thematic thread.
- Readers interested in historiography may focus on the author's critique of progressive historiography and take notes.
- After reading, compare with other works on early American political history to see how evaluations of Jacksonian democracy differ.
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Contents
- 版权信息
- 小阿瑟·M.施莱辛格史学经典 编委会
- 总序 小阿瑟·施莱辛格：“见证者历史”的书写者
- 前言
- 致谢
- 一 序幕：一八二九年
- 二 走出阿卡迪亚
- 三 杰斐逊良知的守卫者
- 四 革命背景
- 五 任期初年
- 六 总统身边的人
- 七 开启银行战争
- 八 否决
- 九 反击
- 十 硬通货
- 十一 工人信条
- 十二 海湾州骚动
- 十三 乔治·班克罗夫特与马萨诸塞激进派
- 十四 纽约激进派
- 十五 罗克福克党起事
- 十六 罗克福克模式
- 十七 第三任期
- 十八 恐慌
- 十九 银行和国家分离
- 二十 南方的困境
- 二十一 激进主义高潮
- 二十二 辉格党反改革运动
- 二十三 一八四〇年
- 二十四 杰克逊民主：一场思想运动
- 二十五 杰克逊民主与法律
- 二十六 杰克逊民主与工业化
- 二十七 杰克逊民主与宗教
- 二十八 杰克逊民主与乌托邦
- 二十九 杰克逊民主与文学
- 三十 泰勒回归
- 三十一 少数派与多数派
- 三十二 风起云涌
- 三十三 风雨摧城
- 三十四 自由土壤
- 三十五 暴风骤雨
- 三十六 “我们的联邦……”
- 三十七 民主诸统绪
- 附录
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About the author
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. is the author of seven works held in this Chinese-language book collection, though public information about him here is limited. His works focus on American history and politics, with common categories including world history, history readings, general biography, and politics. Representative works include the three volumes of The Age of Roosevelt—The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919–1933; The Coming of the New Deal, 1933–1935; and The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936—as well as The Imperial Presidency, The Age of Jackson, The Cycles of American History, and The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society. Judging from these titles and themes, he attends to the evolution of American political institutions, the expansion of presidential power, and the divisions and cycles of society and culture, combining historical narrative with analysis of public issues for readers interested in modern American history and political thought.
Lin Guorong's publicly available information is limited, and his writings mainly center on world history, political history, and philosophical reading. Judging from the seven works in the collection, he attends both to long-term changes in American political history, as seen in The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919–1933: The Age of Roosevelt (I), The Coming of the New Deal, 1933–1935: The Age of Roosevelt (II), The Politics of Upheaval, 1935–1936: The Age of Roosevelt, III, The Imperial Presidency, and The Age of Jackson, and to intellectual history and the interpretation of classics, as in The Tyranny of Greece over Germany: On the Influence of Greek Art and Poetry on the Great German Writers and How to Read Plato. Spanning history, biography, and philosophy, these works reflect an approach that considers political processes, individuals, and intellectual threads together, and they may serve readers interested in American history and intellectual history.
