The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815-1846

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.

Author: Charles Sellers
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/19/1994
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.10w x 1.34d
ISBN13: 9780195089202
ISBN10: 0195089200
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | 19th Century
- Business & Economics | Economic History
- Business & Economics | Economic Conditions

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.

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