Reviews for Liberty and power

The average rating for Liberty and power based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-03 00:00:00 John Loader Do you want to understand Jacksonian Politics and the Second Party System? Do you want to comprehend complex, archaic issues like the Bank of the US controversy or the morphing of republican ideology? Do you not want to read Howe's titanic, if highly entertaining, What Hath God Wrought? Do you want a crisp, well-supported argument about how politics in this era developed? Read this book. It's not really for the general reader, but students of American history will both get a lot out of it and enjoy it. Thanks to my professor, Dr. Watson, for a clear account of an era I've always found confusing.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-11-11 00:00:00 Matt Semak This is precisely the kind of book that I enjoy most and that is most beneficial to me as a high school history teacher. A concise survey of relevant scholarship and key trends of Jacksonian America, this book did a great job of clarifying for me some of the key economic, political, social and cultural events and trends of the 19th century. The book is also well-written and astonishingly easy to follow for a professional historian. I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in the forces that helped to create the United States into what it is today.