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	title:	The Age of Jackson
	author:	Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
	format:	Hardcover
	publisher:	Little, Brown
	released:	November, 1988
	isbn:	0316773441
	isbn-13:	9780316773447

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Flawed Masterpiece - Rated In the sixty years since Schlessinger wrote TAOJ, our attitudes towards history have changed. Sparked in part by the civil rights movement, we now realize the importance of Jackson's policies towards the Native Americans. In this sense, as Schlessinger and all other historians before the 1960s fail to note, Jackson was deeply flawed. Still, no one is either all good or all bad. Schlessinger paints a very good and convincing portrait of Jackson's policies towards white Americans. He shows the logic behind Jackson's opposition to the Bank of the United States and support of hard money beautifully. A brilliant history limited by the time and the author. - Rated I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. THE AGE OF JACKSON was inspired by the author's support of FDR's New Deal, not World War II. Jackson's Democrats are FDR's Democrats, and the anti-Jackson Whigs are the anti-FDR Republicans. Therefore, any theme that did not support Jackson's image as a democrat and enemy of the wealthy was ignored, such as Old Hickory's genocidal policy against Native Americans. However, within his limitations, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. is a brilliant historian, and THE AGE OF JACKSON was well deserving of its Pulitzer Prize. Jackson deserves better - Rated When Arthur Sclesinger wrote this book about 1939, he wanted to justify American involvement in World War II. He told Jackson's story alright, but from the hidden perspective of his own times. Today, we have many different interests and Schesinger's book is passe. There is much more to the age of Jackson than wars and politics, although from the content of this book you would be hard pressed to see that. Save your money. But Remini's biography or any number of more uptodate accounts of this great age.

Customer Reviews

Flawed Masterpiece - Rated 5/5
In the sixty years since Schlessinger wrote TAOJ, our attitudes towards history have changed. Sparked in part by the civil rights movement, we now realize the importance of Jackson's policies towards the Native Americans. In this sense, as Schlessinger and all other historians before the 1960s fail to note, Jackson was deeply flawed. Still, no one is either all good or all bad. Schlessinger paints a very good and convincing portrait of Jackson's policies towards white Americans. He shows the logic behind Jackson's opposition to the Bank of the United States and support of hard money beautifully.

A brilliant history limited by the time and the author. - Rated 3/5
I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. THE AGE OF JACKSON was inspired by the author's support of FDR's New Deal, not World War II. Jackson's Democrats are FDR's Democrats, and the anti-Jackson Whigs are the anti-FDR Republicans. Therefore, any theme that did not support Jackson's image as a democrat and enemy of the wealthy was ignored, such as Old Hickory's genocidal policy against Native Americans. However, within his limitations, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. is a brilliant historian, and THE AGE OF JACKSON was well deserving of its Pulitzer Prize.

Jackson deserves better - Rated 1/5
When Arthur Sclesinger wrote this book about 1939, he wanted to justify American involvement in World War II. He told Jackson's story alright, but from the hidden perspective of his own times. Today, we have many different interests and Schesinger's book is passe. There is much more to the age of Jackson than wars and politics, although from the content of this book you would be hard pressed to see that. Save your money. But Remini's biography or any number of more uptodate accounts of this great age.