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Subject(s)

• Presidents—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845 [Browse]

Related name

• Adams, Sean P. [Browse]

Series

• Blackwell companions to American history. [More in this series]
• Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history

Summary note

More than perhaps any other president, Andrew Jackson’s story mirrored that of the United States; from his childhood during the American Revolution, through his military actions against both Native Americans and Great Britain, and continuing into his career in politics. As president, Jackson attacked the Bank of the United States, railed against disunion in South Carolina, defended the honor of Peggy Eaton, and founded the Democratic Party. In doing so, Andrew Jackson was not only an eyewitness to some of the seminal events of the Early American Republic; he produced an indelible mark on the nation’s political, economic, and cultural history. This book features a collection of more than 30 original essays by leading scholars and historians that consider various aspects of the life, times, and legacy of the seventh president of the United States. Topics explored include life in the Early American Republic; issues of race, religion, and culture; the rise of the Democratic Party; Native American removal events; the Panic of 1837; the birth of women’s suffrage, and more.

Notes

"The American Presidents"--Cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• pt. I. Young Andrew Jackson's America
• pt. II. The era of the "Common Man"
• pt. III. Politics in the age of Jackson
• pt. IV. Jacksonian legacies.
• Young Andrew Jackson's America. Life on the early American borderlands / Kevin T. Barksdale
• The foundations of Andrew Jackson's removal policy : U.S.-Indian relations, 1775-1815 / Tim Alan Garrison
• The Old Southwest becomes the cotton frontier / Daniel S. Dupre
• Andrew Jackson and the legacy of the Battle of New Orleans / Matthew Warshauer
• The era of the "Common Man." The market revolution / Brian Phillips Murphy
• Religious revivalism and public life / Eric R. Schlereth
• Internal improvements / Stephen Campbell
• Slavery and the making of the old South / Robert H. Gudmestad
• Creating a democracy of common men / Michael Zakim
• The ambiguities of class in antebellum America / Brian P. Luskey
• Antislavery to abolitionism / L. Diane Barnes
• Politics in the age of Jackson. The early Jackson party : a force for democratization? / Thomas Coens
• The myth and reality of Andrew Jackson's rise in the election of 1824 / Sharon Ann Murphy
• The elections of 1824 and 1828 and the birth of modern politics / John M. Sacher
• "She's as chaste as a virgin!" : gender, political platforms, and the second American party system / Nancy Morgan
• The rise of the Whig Party / Frank Towers
• The fog of war : Jackson, Biddle, and the destruction of the Bank of the United States / Stephen Mihm
• The nullification crisis / Kevin M. Gannon
• Native American removal / Andrew K. Frank
• Radicalism in the age of Jackson / Joshua R. Greenberg
• Jacksonian legacies. Financial panics in the early American republic / Jose R. Torre
• Immigration in the Jacksonian era / David T. Gleeson
• Andrew Jackson's West / Eric J. Morser
• The rise of the consumer in the age of Jackson / Wendy A. Woloson
• The rise of the "common woman" in Jackson's America / Nancy A. Hewitt
• Fanfare for the common man? Political participation in Jacksonian America / Robert J. Cook
• Manifest Destiny and the American Southwest / Sam W. Haynes.

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ISBN

• 1-118-29082-8
• 1-118-29076-3
• 1-118-29085-2
• 1-118-29083-6

OCLC

827208622

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