The era of good feelings

Winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes, this is the standard history of the years between Jefferson and Jackson. RAn agile piece of historical writingQwitty, selective, and illuminating.SQNew Yorker. Frontmatter Foreword (page xi) 1 THE CHARTERHOUSE OF GHENT: 1814 CHAPTER ONE In the Rue des Champs (page 3) CHAPTER TWO The War Message of James Madison: 1812 (page 15) CHAPTER THREE Tippecanoe: 1811 (page 25) CHAPTER FOUR The Twelfth Congress: 1811 (page 34) CHAPTER FIVE Moscow, St. Petersburg, London (page 42) CHAPTER SIX The Charterhouse of Ghent (page 64) CHAPTER SEVEN Peace (page 74) 2 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS: 1817-1819 CHAPTER ONE The President (page 95) CHAPTER TWO The West (page 105) CHAPTER THREE The General (page 122) CHAPTER FOUR The Secretary (page 137) CHAPTER FIVE The Chief Justice (page 157) CHAPTER SIX Panic (page 175) 3 THE POLITICS OF SLAVERY: 1819-1821 CHAPTER ONE The South (page 199) CHAPTER TWO The First Missouri Debate (page 217) CHAPTER THREE The Second Missouri Debate (page 233) 4 THE DIPLOMACY OF COAL AND IRON: 1821-1824 CHAPTER ONE A Cloud over the West Indies (page 249) CHAPTER TWO George Canning and the Soft Infection (page 264) CHAPTER THREE The Great Flirtation (page 283) CHAPTER FOUR President Monroe's Message: December 2, 1823 (page 293) CHAPTER FIVE Lord Liverpool Is Answered (page 309) CHAPTER SIX Postscript: Ave Atque Vale (page 320) 5 THE LURID ADMINISTRATION: 1825-1829 CHAPTER ONE A Cup of Hemlock (page 331) CHAPTER TWO (page 346) CHAPTER THREE Blifil and Black George (page 354) CHAPTER FOUR Burial at Sea (page 365) CHAPTER FIVE Ferment (page 382) CHAPTER SIX Abominations (page 396) CHAPTER SEVEN Finale (page 415) Notes (page 429) Bibliography (page 493) Index (page 511)

Winner of the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes, this is the standard history of the years between Jefferson and Jackson. An agile piece of historical writing--witty, selective, and illuminating. --New Yorker