{"product_id":"the-birth-of-modern-politics-andrew-jackson-john-quincy-adams-and-the-election-of-1828-9780199754243","title":"The Birth of Modern Politics: Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828","description":"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 rÃ(c)sumÃ(c) 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Birth of Modern Politics\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lynn Hudson Parsons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.28w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199754243\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn Hudson Parsons\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History Emeritus at the State University of New York College at Brockport. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eJohn Quincy Adams\u003c\/em\u003e and coeditor, with Kenneth Paul O'Brien, of \u003cem\u003eThe Home-Front War: World War II and American Society\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41100157190259,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":43.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_091d9fb3-0075-4d63-97c8-59c4ca1d3241.jpg?v=1700142537","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-birth-of-modern-politics-andrew-jackson-john-quincy-adams-and-the-election-of-1828-9780199754243","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}