University of tennesseeknoxville professor Daniel Feller talked about president Andrew Jackson and the politics of the mid19th century. They also talk about how jacksons presidency was interpreted by historians. This is about an hour and 50 minutes. Professor feller there is this phrase, jacksonian democracy that shows up. It is pervasive in a historical literature. What is jacksonian democracy . Is it a Political Movement . Is it merely jacksons Democratic Party . If so, what does that party stand with . Does it lay legitimate claim to the name of democratic . Or is that just party labeled . If the jacksonians are the democracy, does that mean democracy is contested and their opponents are not democratic . Or is democracy the spirit of an age in which case, jacksonian democracy does not mean jacksons Political Movement. It is democratized from an earlier period. If the latter, if jacksonian democracy is a really merely a word to describe the times, why did we name it after jackson . W