Format:
Online Ressource (PDF, 3306 KB, 616 S.)
Edition:
1. Aufl.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1444335413
Series Statement:
Blackwell Companions to American History
Content:
A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jacksonoffers 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 areasFeatures 30 essays contributed by leading scholars and historiansSynthesizes the most up-to-date scholarship on the political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of the Age of Andrew Jackson
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Description based upon print version of record
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Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The President and His Era; References; Part I: Young Andrew Jackson's America; Chapter One: Life on the Early American Borderlands; References; Further Reading; Chapter Two: The Foundations of Jackson's Removal Policy: U.S.-Indian Relations, 1775-1815; The American Revolution and the Indian Nations, 1775-1783; The Failure of Dictated Peace, 1783-1787; Washington, Knox, and Civilization: 1787-1801; Jefferson and Indian Land, 1800-1809; Spiritual Revolt in the West (1809-1815); References
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Further ReadingChapter Three: The Old Southwest Becomes the Cotton Frontier; References; Chapter Four: Andrew Jackson and the Legacy of the Battle of New Orleans; References; Further Reading; Part II: The Era of the "Common Man"; Chapter Five: The Market Revolution; References; Further Reading; Chapter Six: Religious Revivalism and Public Life; References; Chapter Seven: Internal Improvements; The Importance of Internal Improvements; Review of Literature and Key Debates; Recent Scholarship and Future Inquiries; References; Further Reading
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Chapter Eight: Slavery and the Making of the Old SouthReferences; Further Reading; Chapter Nine: Creating a Democracy of Common Men; Self-Government; Self-Pollution; Everyone Counts; In One's Own Image; A Common Life; References; Further Reading; Chapter Ten: The Ambiguities of Class in Antebellum America; References; Chapter Eleven: Antislavery to Abolitionism; References; Further Reading; Part III: Politics in the Age of Jackson; Chapter Twelve: The Early Jackson Party: A Force for Democratization?; References; Further Reading
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Chapter Thirteen: The Myth and Reality of Andrew Jackson's Rise in the Election of 1824The Impact of the Panic of 1819; The Partisan Press; The Issues; A Worthy Successor to the Founders; Conclusion; References; Further Reading; Chapter Fourteen: The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and the Birth of Modern Politics; References; Further Reading; Chapter Fifteen: "She's as Chaste as a Virgin!": Gender, Political Platforms, and the Second American Party System; References; Further Reading; Chapter Sixteen: The Rise of the Whig Party; References; Further Reading
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Chapter Seventeen: The Fog of War: Jackson, Biddle, and the Destruction of the Bank of the United StatesReferences; Further Reading; Chapter Eighteen: The Nullification Crisis; References; Chapter Nineteen: Native American Removal; References; Further Reading; Chapter Twenty: Radicalism in the Age of Jackson; References; Further Reading; Part IV: Jacksonian Legacies; Chapter Twenty-one: Financial Panics in the Early American Republic; References; Further Reading; Chapter Twenty-two: Immigration in the Jacksonian Era; References; Further Reading; Chapter Twenty-three: Andrew Jackson's West
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 1118290828
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118290828
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781118290767
Additional Edition:
Print version A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson
Language:
English
Keywords:
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