The Politics of Individualism by Lawrence Frederick Kohl
Kohl looks at the political manifestations of the staggering social changes that transformed America in the 50 years following the Revolution. He draws on the political rhetoric found in speeches, newspapers, periodicals, and pamphlets to place the Democrats and the Whigs in a solid social and psychological context.
"One of the many virtues of Kohl's analysis is that it points a way to reintegrate our rather splintered understanding of the relationship between social change and political agendas in the Jacksonian era...More persuasively than any historian since Arthur Schlessinger, Jr., Kohl shows why Andrew Jackson really did deserve his place at the center of Jacksonian politics."--Reviews in American History
"Kohl has an excellent grasp of how it felt to be a Jacksonian Democrat or Whig....Sensitive and gracefully written."--The Journal of Southern History
"Offers an intriguing perspective on the political world of Jacksonian America....Fascinating."--Journal of the Early Republic
"Kohl does an outstanding job of documenting his case....An extraordinarily worthwhile book."--Choice
"Kohl's explanation for the ideological differences between the Jacksonians and the Whigs is the most perceptive and persuasive one that I have ever encountered. It will surely influence all future accounts of the period."--J. Mills Thornton, III, University of Michigan
"This excellent, finely crafted book makes a significant addition to our understanding of party rhetoric and ideologies in the Jacksonian era. Kohl's is the first study to place what Democrats and Whigs said firmly in a psychological context--specifically their divergent personal reactions to an individualistic social order. The result is a persuasive and highly original reading of partisan rhetoric during the 1830s and 1840s. Kohl has produced perhaps the most persuasive explanation ever given for the intense party loyalties forged during the Jacksonian period."--Richard L. McCormick, Rutgers University
"Kohl has an excellent grasp of how it felt to be a Jacksonian Democrat or Whig....Sensitive and gracefully written."--The Journal of Southern History
"Offers an intriguing perspective on the political world of Jacksonian America....Fascinating."--Journal of the Early Republic
"Kohl does an outstanding job of documenting his case....An extraordinarily worthwhile book."--Choice
"Kohl's explanation for the ideological differences between the Jacksonians and the Whigs is the most perceptive and persuasive one that I have ever encountered. It will surely influence all future accounts of the period."--J. Mills Thornton, III, University of Michigan
"This excellent, finely crafted book makes a significant addition to our understanding of party rhetoric and ideologies in the Jacksonian era. Kohl's is the first study to place what Democrats and Whigs said firmly in a psychological context--specifically their divergent personal reactions to an individualistic social order. The result is a persuasive and highly original reading of partisan rhetoric during the 1830s and 1840s. Kohl has produced perhaps the most persuasive explanation ever given for the intense party loyalties forged during the Jacksonian period."--Richard L. McCormick, Rutgers University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195067811 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195067819 |
| Title | The Politics of Individualism |
| Author | Lawrence Frederick Kohl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1992-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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