xxxii, 577 pp. Includes publisher slipcase. With a new introduction by the author. Illustrations for this edition selected by Joan Paterson Kerr. This volume, by the great American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger embraces the the Age of Andrew Jackson from its inception to its influence upon the history of our country. It captures the historical, cultural, economic and political life of the United States as it grew from Jefferson's day to the violent early eruptions of financial and industrial forces that threatened the basic principles of our constitutional democracy.
