Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
ISBN 13 | 9780195089202 |
ISBN 10 | 0195089200 |
Author | Professor of History Charles Sellers |
Language | English |
Book Description | The central theme of this study of American life in the early 19th century is the establishment of capitalism. The author argues that, following the Industrial Revolution, two distinct societies were created in the USA: rich and poor, proprietors and |
About the Author | Charles Sellers is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His two-volume biography of President James Polk won a Bancroft Prize in 1967. |
Publication Date | 1994-05-19 |
Number of Pages | 512 pages |
The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846