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
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 19th-century American history.
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
Show moreA 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
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 19th-century American history.
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
Show moreNotes 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
Sean Patrick Adams is Associate Professor of History at theUniversity of Florida. He is the author of Old Dominion,Industrial Commonwealth: Coal, Politics, and Economy in AntebellumAmerica (2004) and editor of The Early American Republic: ADocumentary Reader (2008), as well as several articles on19th-century American history.
"High-quality scholarship... I strongly recommend that graduatestudents obtain access to this volume to acquaint themselves withthe historiographical trends in the study of theperiod. (Journal of the Early Republic, Winter2013) An excellent collection of engaging essays that provideinformative explanations and the recent historiography of Jackson'sera a must for students, scholars, and teachers at alllevels. (Expofairs.com, 26October 2013) Overall, this book, together with its excellentbibliographies, furnishes historians and students with a solid basefrom which to gauge the nature of Jacksonian America and Jackson'spolicies as president of the US. Summing Up: Highly recommended.Upper-division undergraduates and above. (Choice, 1 August 2013)
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