A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson

• Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson's life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship
• Features more than 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians
• Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the pivotal events of the Age of Jackson.

Informationen zum Autor Sean Patrick Adams is Associate Professor of History at the University of Florida. He is the author of Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in Antebellum America (2004) and editor of The Early American Republic: A Documentary Reader (2008), as well as several articles on nineteenth-century American history. Klappentext A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson offers a wealth of new insights on the era of Andrew Jackson. This collection of essays by leading scholars and historians considers various aspects of the life, times, and legacy of the seventh president of the United States. Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson's life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship and including original research spread across a number of thematic areas Features 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians* Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Age of Andrew Jackson "Overall, this book, together with its excellent bibliographies, furnishes historians and students with a solid base from which to gauge the nature of Jacksonian America and Jackson's policies as president of the US. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." ( Choice , 1 August 2013) Zusammenfassung Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson s life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship Features more than 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the pivotal events of the Age of Jackson. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiv Introduction: The President and His Era 1 Sean Patrick Adams Part I Young Andrew Jackson's America 13 1. Life on the Early American Borderlands 15 Kevin T. Barksdale 2. The Foundations of Jackson's Removal Policy: U.S.-Indian Relations, 1775-1815 37 Tim Alan Garrison 3. The Old Southwest Becomes the Cotton Frontier 56 Daniel S. Dupre 4. Andrew Jackson and the Legacy of the Battle of New Orleans 79 Matthew Warshauer Part II The Era of the "Common Man" 93 5. The Market Revolution 95 Brian Phillips Murphy 6. Religious Revivalism and Public Life 111 Eric R. Schlereth 7. Internal Improvements 130 Stephen Campbell 8. Slavery and the Making of the Old South 154 Robert H. Gudmestad 9. Creating a Democracy of Common Men 170 Michael Zakim 10. The Ambiguities of Class in Antebellum America 194 Brian P. Luskey 11. Antislavery to Abolitionism 213 L. Diane Barnes Part III Politics in the Age of Jackson 229 12. The Early Jackson Party: A Force for Democratization? 231 Thomas Coens 13. The Myth and Reality of Andrew Jackson's Rise in the Election of 1824 260 Sharon Ann Murphy 14. The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and the Birth of Modern Politics 280 John M. Sacher 15. "She's as Chaste as a Virgin!": Gender, Political Platforms, and the Second American Party System 298 Nancy Morgan 16. The Rise of the Whig Party 328 Frank Towers 17. The Fog of War: Jackson, Biddle and the Destruction of the Bank of the United States 348 Stephen Mihm 18. The Nullifi cation Crisis 376 Kevin M. Gannon 19. Native American Removal 391 Andrew K. Frank 20. Radicalism in the Age of Jackson 412 Joshua R. Greenberg Part IV Jacksonian Legacies 433 21. Financial Panics in the Early American Republic 435 Jose R. Torre 22. Immigration in the Jacksonian Era 454 David T...

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A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson offers a wealth of new insights on the era of Andrew Jackson. This collection of essays by leading scholars and historians considers various aspects of the life, times, and legacy of the seventh president of the United States. Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson's life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship and including original research spread across a number of thematic areas Features 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians * Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Age of Andrew Jackson

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Provides an overview of Andrew Jackson s life and legacy, grounded in the latest scholarship Features more than 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historians Synthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the pivotal events of the Age of Jackson.

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Notes on Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xiv

Introduction: The President and His Era 1
Sean Patrick Adams

Part I Young Andrew Jackson's America 13

1. Life on the Early American Borderlands 15
   Kevin T. Barksdale

2. The Foundations of Jackson's Removal Policy: U.S.-Indian Relations, 1775-1815 37
   Tim Alan Garrison

3. The Old Southwest Becomes the Cotton Frontier 56
   Daniel S. Dupre

4. Andrew Jackson and the Legacy of the Battle of New Orleans 79
   Matthew Warshauer

Part II The Era of the "Common Man" 93

5. The Market Revolution 95
   Brian Phillips Murphy

6. Religious Revivalism and Public Life 111
   Eric R. Schlereth

7. Internal Improvements 130
   Stephen Campbell

8. Slavery and the Making of the Old South 154
   Robert H. Gudmestad

9. Creating a Democracy of Common Men 170
   Michael Zakim

10. The Ambiguities of Class in Antebellum America 194
    Brian P. Luskey

11. Antislavery to Abolitionism 213
    L. Diane Barnes

Part III Politics in the Age of Jackson 229

12. The Early Jackson Party: A Force for Democratization? 231
    Thomas Coens

13. The Myth and Reality of Andrew Jackson's Rise in the Election of 1824 260
    Sharon Ann Murphy

14. The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and the Birth of Modern Politics 280
    John M. Sacher

15. "She's as Chaste as a Virgin!": Gender, Political Platforms, and the Second American Party System 298
    Nancy Morgan

16. The Rise of the Whig Party 328
    Frank Towers

17. The Fog of War: Jackson, Biddle and the Destruction of the Bank of the United States 348
    Stephen Mihm

18. The Nullifi cation Crisis 376
    Kevin M. Gannon

19. Native American Removal 391
    Andrew K. Frank

20. Radicalism in the Age of Jackson 412
    Joshua R. Greenberg

Part IV Jacksonian Legacies 433

21. Financial Panics in the Early American Republic 435
    Jose R. Torre

22. Immigration in the Jacksonian Era 454
    David T. Gleeson

23. Andrew Jackson's West 474
    Eric J. Morser

24. The Rise of the Consumer in the Age of Jackson 489
    Wendy A. Woloson

25. The Rise of the "Common Woman" in Jackson's America 509
    Nancy A. Hewitt

26. Fanfare for the Common Man? Political Participation in Jacksonian America 532
    Robert J. Cook

27. Manifest Destiny and the American Southwest 549
    Sam W. Haynes

Further Reading 569

Index 586