By Sean Patrick Adams
- Provides an outline of Andrew Jackson's lifestyles and legacy, grounded within the most modern scholarship and together with unique examine unfold throughout a few thematic areas
- Features 30 essays contributed by means of best students and historians
- Synthesizes the main up to date scholarship at the political, monetary, social, and cultural facets of the Age of Andrew Jackson
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