A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson

Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to the Era of Andrew Jackson

Editor(s): Sean Patrick Adams

Published Online: 22 JAN 2013 07:22AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781444335415

Online ISBN: 9781118290767

DOI: 10.1002/9781118290767

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xiv)

    1. Introduction: The President and his Era (pages 1–11)

      Sean Patrick Adams

  3. Part I: Young Andrew Jackson's America

    1. Chapter One

      Life on the Early American Borderlands (pages 13–36)

      Kevin T. Barksdale

    2. Chapter Two

      The Foundations of Jackson's Removal Policy: U.S.-Indian Relations, 1775–1815 (pages 37–55)

      Tim Alan Garrison

    3. Chapter Three

      The Old Southwest becomes the Cotton Frontier (pages 56–78)

      Daniel S. Dupre

    4. Chapter Four

      Andrew Jackson and the Legacy of the Battle of New Orleans (pages 79–92)

      Matthew Warshauer

  4. Part II: The Era of the “Common Man”

    1. Chapter Five

      The Market Revolution (pages 93–110)

      Brian Phillips Murphy

    2. Chapter Six

      Religious Revivalism and Public Life (pages 111–129)

      Eric R. Schlereth

    3. Chapter Seven

      Internal Improvements (pages 130–153)

      Stephen Campbell

    4. Chapter Eight

      Slavery and the Making of the Old South (pages 154–169)

      Robert H. Gudmestad

    5. Chapter Nine

      Creating a Democracy of Common Men (pages 170–193)

      Michael Zakim

    6. Chapter Ten

      The Ambiguities of Class in Antebellum America (pages 194–212)

      Brian P. Luskey

    7. Chapter Eleven

      Antislavery to Abolitionism (pages 213–228)

      L. Diane Barnes

  5. Part III: Politics in the Age of Jackson

    1. Chapter Twelve

      The Early Jackson Party: A Force for Democratization? (pages 229–259)

      Thomas Coens

    2. Chapter Thirteen

      The Myth and Reality of Andrew Jackson's Rise in the Election of 1824 (pages 260–279)

      Sharon Ann Murphy

    3. Chapter Fourteen

      The Elections of 1824 and 1828 and the Birth of Modern Politics (pages 280–297)

      John M. Sacher

    4. Chapter Fifteen

      “She's as Chaste as a Virgin!”: Gender, Political Platforms, and the Second American Party System (pages 298–327)

      Nancy Morgan

    5. Chapter Sixteen

      The Rise of the Whig Party (pages 328–347)

      Frank Towers

    6. Chapter Seventeen

      The Fog of War: Jackson, Biddle and the Destruction of the Bank of the United States (pages 348–375)

      Stephen Mihm

    7. Chapter Eighteen

      The Nullification Crisis (pages 376–390)

      Kevin M. Gannon

    8. Chapter Nineteen

      Native American Removal (pages 391–411)

      Andrew K. Frank

    9. Chapter Twenty

      Radicalism in the Age of Jackson (pages 412–432)

      Joshua R. Greenberg

  6. Part IV: Jacksonian Legacies

    1. Chapter Twenty-One

      Financial Panics in the Early American Republic (pages 433–453)

      Jose R. Torre

    2. Chapter Twenty-Two

      Immigration in the Jacksonian Era (pages 454–473)

      David T. Gleeson

    3. Chapter Twenty-Three

      Andrew Jackson's West (pages 474–488)

      Eric J. Morser

    4. Chapter Twenty-Four

      The Rise of the Consumer in the Age of Jackson (pages 489–508)

      Wendy A. Woloson

    5. Chapter Twenty-Five

      The Rise of the “Common Woman” in Jackson's America (pages 509–531)

      Nancy A. Hewitt

    6. Chapter Twenty-Six

      Fanfare for the Common Man? Political Participation in Jacksonian America (pages 532–548)

      Robert J. Cook

    7. Chapter Twenty-Seven

      Manifest Destiny and the American Southwest (pages 549–567)

      Sam W. Haynes

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      Further Reading (pages 569–585)

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      Index (pages 586–597)

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