A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson
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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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<p>Acknowledgments xiv</p>
<p>Introduction: The President and His Era 1<br /> Sean Patrick Adams</p>
<p>Part I Young Andrew Jackson s America 13</p>
<p>1. Life on the Early American Borderlands 15<br /> Kevin T. Barksdale</p>
<p>2. The Foundations of Jackson s Removal Policy: U.S.–Indian Relations, 1775 1815 37<br /> Tim Alan Garrison</p>
<p>3. The Old Southwest Becomes the Cotton Frontier 56<br /> Daniel S. Dupre</p>
<p>4. Andrew Jackson and the Legacy of the Battle of New Orleans 79<br /> Matthew Warshauer</p>
<p>Part II The Era of the Common Man 93</p>
<p>5. The Market Revolution 95<br /> Brian Phillips Murphy</p>
<p>6. Religious Revivalism and Public Life 111<br /> Eric R. Schlereth</p>
<p>7. Internal Improvements 130<br /> Stephen Campbell</p>
<p>8. Slavery and the Making of the Old South 154<br /> Robert H. Gudmestad</p>
<p>9. Creating a Democracy of Common Men 170<br /> Michael Zakim</p>
<p>10. The Ambiguities of Class in Antebellum America 194<br /> Brian P. Luskey</p>
<p>11. Antislavery to Abolitionism 213<br /> L. Diane Barnes</p>
<p>Part III Politics in the Age of Jackson 229</p>
<p>12. The Early Jackson Party: A Force for Democratization? 231<br /> Thomas Coens</p>
<p>13. The Myth and Reality of Andrew Jackson s Rise in the Election of 1824 260<br /> Sharon Ann Murphy</p>
<p>14. The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and the Birth of Modern Politics 280<br /> John M. Sacher</p>
<p>15. She s as Chaste as a Virgin! : Gender, Political Platforms, and the Second American Party System 298<br /> Nancy Morgan</p>
<p>16. The Rise of the Whig Party 328<br /> Frank Towers</p>
<p>17. The Fog of War: Jackson, Biddle and the Destruction of the Bank of the United States 348<br /> Stephen Mihm</p>
<p>18. The Nullifi cation Crisis 376<br /> Kevin M. Gannon</p>
<p>19. Native American Removal 391<br /> Andrew K. Frank</p>
<p>20. Radicalism in the Age of Jackson 412<br /> Joshua R. Greenberg</p>
<p>Part IV Jacksonian Legacies 433</p>
<p>21. Financial Panics in the Early American Republic 435<br /> Jose R. Torre</p>
<p>22. Immigration in the Jacksonian Era 454<br /> David T. Gleeson</p>
<p>23. Andrew Jackson s West 474<br /> Eric J. Morser</p>
<p>24. The Rise of the Consumer in the Age of Jackson 489<br /> Wendy A. Woloson</p>
<p>25. The Rise of the Common Woman in Jackson s America 509<br /> Nancy A. Hewitt</p>
<p>26. Fanfare for the Common Man? Political Participation in Jacksonian America 532<br /> Robert J. Cook</p>
<p>27. Manifest Destiny and the American Southwest 549<br /> Sam W. Haynes</p>
<p>Further Reading 569</p>
<p>Index 586</p>

