Money and Party in Jacksonian America
A Quantitative Look at New York CityL Men of Quality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4290308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Otto Gatell (University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 235-252 |
| Publication date | 1967-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3195 • E-ISSN: 1538-165X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2147216 |
| OpenAlex | W2322311227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In olden times, that is, a generation or more ago, American historians proceeded upon a basic assumption when discussing the Jacksonian period: the Democratic party was the party of the people, and the Whig party was the party of economic privilege. The Democrats included in their ranks the common man, the farmers, the artisans, and the mechanics, the poor but honest sinew of Jacksonian Democracy. Conversely, the Whigs were the rich merchants and the wealthy planters who made up a self-styled better sort. They were thinly disguised Federalists, vainly striving to stem the populistic tide.' This economic class interpretation of political divisions came under severe attack during the two decades following the Second World War. First the entrepreneurial or Columbia school argued that Jacksonians shared the capitalistic ethos of their Whig antagonists, and that they were merely demanding equal time at the
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| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 2001 (30) |
| Highly cited | No |