Jacksonian and Antebellum Age: People and Perspectives
- ISBN-10
- 1598840177
- ISBN-13
- 9781598840179
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Peter C. Mancall, Mark Renfred Cheathem
Description
This volume in the Perspectives in American Social History series highlights the extraordinary contributions of ordinary men, women, and children in the transformation of the country in the time of Andrew Jackson. * Contributions from highly accomplished social historians focusing on the Jacksonian and Antebellum periods * A selection of primary source documents including excerpts from David Walker's Appeal, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, and the personal correspondence of Andrew Jackson
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