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Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson (American History) by David S. Reynolds is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson (American History) about?
<p>America 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. Bancroft Prize–winning 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-seeing mesmerists, polygamous prophets, and rabble-rousing feminists. Meticulously researched and masterfully written, <b>Waking Giant</b> is a brilliant chronicle of America's vibrant and tumultuous rise.</p>
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David S. Reynolds
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-books
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780060826574
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Political Science, American Studies
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (227 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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