{"product_id":"daniel-webster-and-jacksonian-democracy-9781421430539","title":"Daniel Webster and Jacksonian Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1973. Professor Nathans illuminates the changes wrought by Jacksonian democracy on the career of Daniel Webster, a major political figure, and on the destiny of a major political party, the Whigs. Daniel Webster was a creative anachronism in the Jacksonian era. His career illustrates the fate of a generation of American politicians, reared to rule in a traditional world of defined social classes where gentlemen led and the masses followed. With extensive research into primary sources, Nathans interprets Webster as a leader in the older political tradition, hostile to permanent organized political parties and fearful of social strife that party conflict seemed to promote. He focuses on Webster's response to the rise of entrenchment of voter-oriented partisan politics. He analyzes Webster's struggle to survive, comprehend, and finally manipulate the new politics during his early opposition to Jackson; his roles in the Bank War and the nullification crisis; and the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePrologue. \"Character is Power\"\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. A Gentlemen's Opposition \u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Politics of Patriotism\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Why Not Webster?\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Dispensable Men\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. Huzzah!\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. High Tide\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. The Road to Disruption\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Outcast\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. No Exit\u003cbr\u003eepilogue. Daniel Webster, Massachusetts Man\u003cbr\u003eBibliographical Essay\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50022694584663,"sku":"9781421430539","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421430539.jpg?v=1739999367","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/daniel-webster-and-jacksonian-democracy-9781421430539","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}