{"product_id":"vindicating-andrew-jackson-the-1828-election-and-the-rise-of-the-twoparty-system-american-presidential-elections","title":"Vindicating Andrew Jackson: The 1828 Election and the Rise of the Two-Party System (American Presidential Elections)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe presidential election of 1828 is one of the most compelling stories in American history: Andrew Jackson  hero of the Battle of New Orleans and man of the people  bounced back from his controversial loss four years earlier to unseat John Quincy Adams in a campaign notorious for its mudslinging. With his victory  the torch was effectively passed from the founding fathers to the people.  This study of Jacksons election separates myth from reality to explain why it had such an impact on present-day American politics. Featuring parades and public participation to a greater degree than had previously been seen  the campaign itself first centered on two key policy issues: tariffs and republicanism. But as Donald Cole shows  the major theme turned out to be what Adams scornfully called \"electioneering\": the rise of mass political parties and the origins of a two-party system  built from the top down  whose leaders were willing to spend unprecedented time and money to achieve victory.  Coles innovative study examines the election at the local and state  as well as the national  levels  focusing on New Hampshire  New York  Pennsylvania  Ohio  Kentucky  and Virginia to provide a social  economic  and political cross section of 1828 America. He describes how the Jacksonians were better organized  paid more attention to detail  and recruited a broader range of workersespecially state-level party leaders and newspaper editors who were invaluable for raising funds  publicizing party dogma  and smearing the opposition. The Jacksonians also outdid the Adams supporters in zealotry  violence of language  and the overwhelming force of their campaigning and succeeded in painting their opponents as aristocratic  class conscious  and undemocratic.  Tracing interpretations of this election from James Partons classic 1860 biography of Jackson to recent revisionist accounts attacking Old Hickory for his undemocratic treatment of blacks  Indians  and women  Cole argues that this famous election did not really bring democracy to America as toutedbecause it was democracy that enabled Jackson to win. By offering a more charismatic candidate  a more vigorous campaign  a more acceptable recipe for preserving the past  and a more forthright acceptance of a new political system  Jacksons Democrats dominated an election in which campaigning outweighed issues and presaged the presidential election of 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946430787637,"sku":"ByrdShop_0700616616","price":39.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780700616619.jpg?v=1769948536","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vindicating-andrew-jackson-the-1828-election-and-the-rise-of-the-twoparty-system-american-presidential-elections","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}