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A New York Times Notable Book“Far more than just a political story or, for that matter, a story of Andrew Jackson, Reynolds's book shines a bright light on the cultural, social, intellectual, and artistic currents buffeting the nation.... Reynolds is a thoughtful historian and Waking Giant is as engaging and insightful a narrative of this critical interregnum as any written in years.”—New York Times Book Review A brilliant, definitive history of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise during the Jacksonian era, from the Bancroft Prize-winning author of Walt Whitman's AmericaAmerica experienced unprecedented growth and turmoil in the years between 1815 and 1848. It was an age when Andrew Jackson redefined the presidency and James K. Polk expanded the nation's territory. Historian and literary critic David S. Reynolds captures the turbulence of a democracy caught in the throes of the controversy over slavery, the rise of capitalism, and the birth of urbanization. He brings to life the reformers, abolitionists, and temperance advocates who struggled to correct America's worst social ills, and he reveals the shocking phenomena that marked the age: violent mobs, P. T. Barnum's freaks, all

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Author

David S. Reynolds

Publisher

HarperCollins e-books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9782900060827

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

3.65 / 5 (227 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14