By William Nester
As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes particularly a pacesetter to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed personality, ideals, and acts that ruled American politics. even though Jackson back to his Tennessee plantation in March 1837 after serving 8 years as president, he persisted to overshadow American politics. of his proteges, Martin "the Magician" van Buren and James "Young Hickory" Polk, him to the White condominium and pursued his agenda.
Jackson provoked firestorms of political passions all through his period. way more humans enjoyed than hated him, however the fervor was once simply as pitched both method. even though the passions have subsided, the controversy lingers. Historians are cut up over Jackson's legacy. a few extol him as between America's maximum presidents, bringing up his championing of the typical guy, retaining the rustic jointly throughout the nullification obstacle, and disposing of the nationwide debt. Others excoriate him as a mean-spirited despot who shredded the structure and broken the nation's improvement by way of destroying the second one financial institution of the U.S., defying the best courtroom, and grossly worsening political corruption via his spoils procedure. nonetheless others condemn his forcibly expelling greater than 40 thousand local american citizens from their houses and alongside the path of Tears, which led a ways west of the Mississippi River, with hundreds of thousands perishing alongside the way.
In his clear-eyed overview of 1 of the main divisive leaders in American heritage, Nester offers new perception into the age-old debate concerning the very nature of strength itself.
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