Daniel Feller

The Jacksonian Promise : America, 1815-1840

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ISBN 13:
9780801851681
author:
Daniel Feller
format:
Paperback
publisher:
The Johns Hopkins University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
1995
Pages:
248
Genre:
Biographies ; Autobiographies, Presidents & Heads of State
Condition:
New
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The Jacksonian Promise: America, 1815 to 1840 Historian Daniel Feller offers a fresh perspective on the United States during the tumultuous Age of Jackson. This account captures the optimism and energy that filled America after the War of 1812, as citizens celebrated their national birthright of liberty and opportunity. The era's enterprising spirit is showcased through various aspects of Jacksonian activity, including experiment and innovation, religious revivals and moral crusades, and campaigns to eradicate social ills. However, competing programs of progress soon clashed with each other, ultimately leading to divisions that pointed towards civil war. By examining the influence of this spirit across different areas of American life, Feller challenges prevailing historical narratives that depict the Jacksonian temperament as anxious and foreboding.

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