Lormen A. Ratner

Andrew Jackson and His Tennessee Lieutenants (eBook, PDF)

A Study in Political Culture

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Andrew Jackson and those Tennesseans who, along with him, were a major force in Tennessee and American political life can best be understood by examining the political culture they all shared. The ten men studied here were the children or grandchildren of immigrants from either the Scottish lowlands or the north of Ireland. All experienced the rise from the yeoman/artisan class to that of landed gentry, and all displayed in their adult lives the influence of that move from one socioeconomic class to another. This view of Jackson and his closest friends suggests a view of these men's motives; their values, attitudes, and beliefs were somewhat different than historians have pictured for us. These Jacksonians sought to preserve the world of their fathers while changing their place in the world. They looked back but moved ahead; they were self-interested but tempered always by a selfless ideal.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1997
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313031830
• Artikelnr.: 37808899

Autorenporträt

LORMAN A. RATNER is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Tennessee and Adjunct Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction Home Left, Home Found Andrew Jackson: In Search of
Honor, in Defense of Reputation John Overton: The Power Behind the Throne
John Coffee: Kin but by Blood George Washington Campbell: Jackson's Man in
the East William B. Lewis: The Loyal Retainer William Carroll: The People's
Advocate Hugh Lawson White: The Tennessee "Brutus" John Henry Eaton: A Lost
Man James K. Polk: The Cause Above All Else Sam Houston: The Prodigal Son
Epilogue Bibliography Index