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The Age of Jackson

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. follows Jacksonian struggles over banking privilege, workers’ rights, and government power, tracing their promise of equal rights and its limits as slavery divided the country.

10 parts, about 38 minutes to read.

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Author
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.
Parts
10 parts
Reading time
about 38 minutes
The whole book
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What the summary covers

  1. The conflict behind Jackson's victory3 min
  2. The Bank War and the hard money alternative5 min
  3. Workers and eastern radicalism5 min
  4. Panic, treasury, and defeat5 min
  5. Democratic thought and law1 min
  6. Law, labor and belief6 min
  7. Majorities and their limits3 min
  8. Expansion and slavery3 min
  9. Free Soil and the fractured Union5 min
  10. What remained of Jacksonian democracy2 min

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