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The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-46
Author(s): Charles Sellers (Author)
- Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date: 9 Jan. 1992
- Language: English
- Print length: 508 pages
- ISBN-10: 9780195038897
- ISBN-13: 9780195038897
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 labourers, city dwellers and farmers.
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About the Author
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.
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.
