The Jacksonian Era

by Remini, Robert V.

• ISBN13: 9780882959313
• ISBN10: 088295931X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-12-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

What is so wonderful about the Jacksonian era is the fact that after more than a hundred years it remains a controversial period in American history, and historians regularly provide us with new interpretations and new evaluations to explain what and why events occurred and individuals behaved as they did. In presenting this second edition, the author has tried to be responsive to the newer viewpoints that have been forthcoming since the book's initial publication. But there can be no question that current studies of the market revolution, the role of women, religious reforms and social developments have added immeasurably to our understanding of this era.

Author Biography

Robert V. Remini, preeminent authority of the life and times of Andrew Jackson, is a History and Research Professor of the Humanities emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he has taught and done scholarly research since 1965. From 1982 to 1987 he was the Director of UIC’s Institute for the Humanities. In addition to teaching at both Columbia and Fordham universities early in his career, Dr. Remini was the Southall Freeman Professor at the University of Richmond in 1992, and the W. Harold and Martha Welsh Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame in 1995 and 1996.

Dr. Remini has received many awards and honors in his illustrious career, including the National Book Award for his three-volume biography of Andrew Jackson in 1984. He has lectured on “King Andrew” at the White House and for the Smithsonian Institution, and he has received the George Washington Medal of Honor from the Freedom Foundation.

As well as other distinguished books on Jackson, Dr. Rimini is the author of Henry Clay, Statesman for the Union and Martin Van Buren and the Making of the Democratic Path. He is currently completing a two-volume biography of Daniel Webster.

Table of Contents

Foreword	V	(4)
Preface to the Second Edition	IX
CHAPTER ONE: A Hero for An Age	1	(24)
CHAPTER TWO: Jacksonian Democracy	25	(19)
CHAPTER THREE: Indian Removal	44	(13)
CHAPTER FOUR: Slavery and Union	57	(16)
CHAPTER FIVE: The Reach for Perfection	73	(36)
CHAPTER SIX: The End of an Age	109	(14)
Bibliographical Essay	123	(20)
Index	143
Photo Essay follows Page	72