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Harry L. Watson

Author of Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America

28+ Works 498 Members 3 Reviews

About the Author

Harry L. Watson, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Series

Building the American Republic

Works by Harry L. Watson

Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America (1990) 256 copies

Building the American Republic, Volume 1: A Narrative History to 1877 (2018) 65 copies

Andrew Jackson vs. Henry Clay: Democracy and Development in Antebellum America (1998) 59 copies

The Way We Lived in North Carolina (2003) — Contributor — 35 copies

An Independent People: The Way We Lived in North Carolina, 1770-1820 (Way We Lived in North Carolina Series) (1983) 29 copies

Southern Cultures: The Fifteenth Anniversary Reader, 1993-2008 (Caravan Book) (2008) — Editor — 14 copies

Jacksonian politics and community conflict : the emergence of the second American party system in Cumberland County,… (1981) 9 copies

Southern Cultures (Winter 2006): The Music Issue (2006) 3 copies

Southern Cultures (Summer 2002) (2002) — Editor — 3 copies

Southern Cultures (Fall 2006) (2006) — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Summer 2007): The Photography Issue — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Spring 2002) (2002) — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Fall 2007): The Second Annual Music Issue (2007) — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Fall 2004) — Editor — 2 copies

Southern Cultures: Music and Protest: Volume 24, Number 3 - Fall 2018 Issue (2018) 2 copies

Southern Cultures (Spring 2015): Food 1 copy

Southern Cultures Volume 1, Number 1 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Documentary Arts: Volume 22, Number 1 - Spring 2016 Issue (2016) 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Backward/Forward: Volume 25, Number 1 – Spring 2019 Issue (2019) 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Left/Right: Volume 25, Number 3 – Fall 2019 Issue (2019) 1 copy

Southern Cultures: Southern Lives Issue: Summer 2010 Issue (2010) 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Fall 2009): Music — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Winter 2003) Vol 9, No 4 (2003) — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Winter 2004) — Director — 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Summer 2004) 1 copy

Southern Cultures: The Best of Southern Food, Selected Essays 2008-2014 (2014) — Editor — 1 copy

Southern Cultures (Spring 2008) — Editor — 1 copy

Building the American republic 1 copy

Associated Works

Journal of the Early Republic: Winter 1992 Vol.12, No.4 — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Watson, Harry Legare, II
Birthdate: 1949-07-10
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Education: Northwestern University (PhD - History)
Brown University (AB)
Occupations: historian
university professor
Organizations: Organization of American Historians
Society for Historians of the Early American Republic
University of North Carolina

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Reviews

Southern Cultures Spring 2015: Food by Harry L. Watson & Marcie Cohen Ferris

Third issue devoted to food. see other entries.

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kitchengardenbooks | Apr 8, 2015 |

Liberty and power : the politics of Jacksonian America by Harry L. Watson

I would have finished reading it if I had time. A thorough analysis of early 1800s America, following the "agrarians vs. merchants" theory.

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TrgLlyLibrarian | 1 other review | Feb 1, 2015 |

Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America by Harry L. Watson

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Awards

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James Harvey Robinson Prize for an Outstanding Teaching Aid

The Way We Lived in North Carolina (1984)

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Mark K. Dolan Contributor

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Dale Volberg Reed Contributor

John E. Bodnar Contributor

Stephen J. Whitfield Contributor

Michael Parker Contributor

Matt J. Zacharias Harper Contributor

Statistics

Works: 28
Also by: 1
Members: 498
Popularity: #49,660
Rating: ½ 3.7

Reviews: 3
ISBNs: 34

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