“Recommended for anyone interested in the prospects of constitutional change. . . . It is highly readable and captures, better than most, the strategies, contingencies, and ironies of rough-and-tumble politics while illuminating the large-order patterns of conflict and consensus that characterize American constitutional and political history.”—Political Science Quarterly
“Together with Mark Graber’s Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil, Magliocca’s book might well inaugurate a new generation in our understanding of antebellum constitutionalism.”—American Historical Review
“An interesting story, concisely and readably told.”—Journal of Southern History
“This is a truly distinguished contribution to our constitutional understanding, combining theory and history in an exemplary fashion. If you are going to read one book about our Constitution this year, read Magliocca’s.”—Bruce Ackerman, author of The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy
“A perceptive book that offers a valuable, fresh look at both Jacksonian Democracy and the interpretation of the Constitution.”—Donald B. Cole, author of The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
“A provocative and much needed reassessment of constitutional change in the Age of Jackson.”—R. Kent Newmyer, author of John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
“Jackson’s presidency raises questions about the nature of power in American life. Magliocca’s book is especially good on these issues.”—Jon Meacham, author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
"This is a truly distinguished contribution to our constitutional understanding, combining theory and history in an exemplary fashion. If you are going to read one book about our Constitution this year, read Magliocca's."--Bruce Ackerman, author of The Failure of the Founding Fathers: Jefferson, Marshall, and the Rise of Presidential Democracy "A perceptive book that offers a valuable, fresh look at both Jacksonian Democracy and the interpretation of the Constitution."--Donald B. Cole, author of The Presidency of Andrew Jackson
"A provocative and much needed reassessment of constitutional change in the Age of Jackson."--R. Kent Newmyer, author of John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court
"Jackson's presidency raises questions about the nature of power in American life. Magliocca's book is especially good on these issues."--Jon Meacham, author of American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
About the Author
Gerard N. Magliocca is associate professor of law at Indiana University-Indianapolis and author of The Tragedy of William Jennings Bryan: Constitutional Law and the Politics of Backlash.
