American Science In The Age Of Jackson
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American Science in the Age of Jackson
Author | : George H. Daniels |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780608092218 |
American Science in the Age of Jackson
Author | : George H. Daniels |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1994-10-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817307400 |
A study of the 56 scientists most published in the 16 scientific journals identified as national during the period 1815-1845. Daniels (history, U. of South Alabama) shows how American scientists emerged from a disorganized group of amateurs into a professional body sharing common goals. Includes biographical and bibliographical sketche of leading scientists of the time period. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
American Science in the Age of Jefferson
Author | : John C. Greene |
Publisher | : Iowa State Press |
Total Pages | : 508 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Science |
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The Age of Jackson
Author | : Robert Vincent Remini |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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The Roots of American Individualism
Author | : Alex Zakaras |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2024-08-20 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691226326 |
A panoramic history of American individualism from its nineteenth-century origins to today’s bitterly divided politics Individualism is a defining feature of American public life. Its influence is pervasive today, with liberals and conservatives alike promising to expand personal freedom and defend individual rights against unwanted intrusion, be it from big government, big corporations, or intolerant majorities. The Roots of American Individualism traces the origins of individualist ideas to the turbulent political controversies of the Jacksonian era (1820–1850) and explores their enduring influence on American politics and culture. Alex Zakaras plunges readers into the spirited and rancorous political debates of Andrew Jackson’s America, drawing on the stump speeches, newspaper editorials, magazine articles, and sermons that captivated mass audiences and shaped partisan identities. He shows how these debates popularized three powerful myths that celebrated the young nation as an exceptional land of liberty: the myth of the independent proprietor, the myth of the rights-bearer, and the myth of the self-made man. The Roots of American Individualism reveals how generations of politicians, pundits, and provocateurs have invoked these myths for competing political purposes. Time and again, the myths were used to determine who would enjoy equal rights and freedoms and who would not. They also conjured up heavily idealized, apolitical visions of social harmony and boundless opportunity, typically centered on the free market, that have distorted American political thought to this day.
The Coming of Democracy
Author | : Mark R. Cheathem |
Publisher | : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM |
Total Pages | : 365 |
Release | : 2018-08-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1421425998 |
A look at how presidential campaigning changed between 1824 to 1840, leading to a new surge in voter participation: “A pleasure to read.” —Robert M. Owens, author of Mr. Jefferson’s Hammer After the “corrupt bargain” that awarded John Quincy Adams the presidency in 1825, American politics underwent a fundamental shift from deference to participation. This changing tide eventually propelled Andrew Jackson into the White House—twice. But the presidential race that best demonstrated the extent of the changes was that of Martin Van Buren and war hero William Henry Harrison in 1840. Harrison’s campaign was famously marked by sloganeering and spirited rallies. In The Coming of Democracy, Mark R. Cheathem examines the evolution of presidential campaigning from 1824 to 1840. Addressing the roots of early republic cultural politics—from campaign biographies to songs, political cartoons, and public correspondence between candidates and voters—Cheathem asks the reader to consider why such informal political expressions increased so dramatically during the Jacksonian period. What sounded and looked like mere entertainment, he argues, held important political meaning. The extraordinary voter participation rate—over 80 percent—in the 1840 presidential election indicated that both substantive issues and cultural politics drew Americans into the presidential selection process. Drawing on period newspapers, diaries, memoirs, and public and private correspondence, The Coming of Democracy is the first book-length treatment to reveal how presidents and presidential candidates used both old and new forms of cultural politics to woo voters and win elections in the Jacksonian era. This book, winner of an award from the Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society, is excellent and thought-provoking reading for anyone interested in US politics, the Jacksonian/antebellum era, or the presidency.
An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century American Science Writing
Author | : C. R. Resetarits |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1783080620 |
This volume is a brief anthology of the most influential writing by American scientists between 1800 and 1900. Arranged thematically and chronologically to highlight the progression of American science throughout the nineteenth century – from its beginnings in self-taught classification and exploration to the movement towards university education and specialization – it is the first collection of its kind. Each section begins with a biography, putting human faces to each time period, and introducing such notable figures as Thomas Jefferson and Louis Agassiz.