Avenging the People: Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation - Paperback
by J. M. Opal
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190088385ISBN-10:190088389UPC:9780190088385Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, United States, Americas (North Central South West Indies)Book Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCATQ0EY5D
Avenging the People: Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation
Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "populist" champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers. Many date the onset of American democracy to his 1829 inauguration. Despite his reverence for the "sovereign people," however, Jackson spent much of his career limiting that sovereignty, imposing new and often...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190088385ISBN-10:190088389UPC:9780190088385Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, United States, Americas (North Central South West Indies)Book Topic:Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.20 x 6.10 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.0516Product ID:SCATQ0EY5D
J.M. Opal is Associate Professor of History at McGill University. He is the author of Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England and the editor of Common Sense and Other Writings by Thomas Paine.
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