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 southwestern frontiersman,
trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly
defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political
r�sum� 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. It was also the election that
opened a Pandora's box of campaign tactics, including coordinated
media, get-out-the-vote efforts, fund-raising, organized rallies,
opinion polling, campaign paraphernalia, ethnic voting blocs,
"opposition research," and smear tactics. In The Birth of Modern
Politics, Parsons shows that the Adams-Jackson contest also began a
national debate that is eerily contemporary, pitting those whose
cultural, social, and economic values were rooted in community action
for the common good against those who believed the common good was
best served by giving individuals as much freedom as possible to
promote their own interests. The book offers fresh and illuminating
portraits of both Adams and Jackson and reveals how, despite their
vastly different backgrounds, they had started out with many of the
same values, admired one another, and had often been allies in common
causes. But by 1828, caught up in a shifting political landscape,
they were plunged into a competition that separated them decisively
from the Founding Fathers' era and ushered in a style of politics
that is still with us today.

Classification:

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Dewey Class: 973 -- General history of North America United States

Book Details:

Physical Description: 6.0"x9.1"x0.9"; 0.9 lb; 288 pages
Edition Info: Paperback; 2011-07-19

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