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  • Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democratic Party

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    In Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democratic Party, author Mark R. Cheathem provides a unique historical analysis and bold critique of American partisanship from the early republic to the end of Andrew Jackson’s administration.Cheathem begins by discussing the American political system after the American Revolutionary War while the debates over the ratification of the Constitution stormed on. ... Read more

    $18.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Coming of Democracy

    Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    A look at how presidential campaigning changed between 1824 to 1840, leading to a new surge in voter participation: "A pleasure to read." —Robert M. Owens, author of Mr. Jefferson's HammerAfter the "corrupt bargain" that awarded John Quincy Adams the presidency in 1825, American politics underwent a fundamental shift from deference to participation. This changing tide eventually propelled Andrew ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Who Is James K. Polk?

    The Presidential Election of 1844

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Series series American Presidential Elections
    The question Americans asked in 1844 was, “Who the hell is James K. Polk?”Polk, of course, was not unknown, but was a highly unlikely presidential candidate given the availability of better-known options. Among the Democrats, this included Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun, and James Buchanan. Among the Whigs, Henry Clay was the clear frontrunner. Complicating the election were three other ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Old Hickory's Nephew

    The Political and Private Struggles of Andrew Jackson Donelson

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Series series Southern Biography Series
    Though remembered largely by history as Andrew Jackson's nephew, Andrew Jackson Donelson was himself a significant figure in nineteenth-century America: a politician, planter, diplomat, newspaper editor, and vice-presidential candidate. His relationship with his uncle and mentor defined his life, as he struggled to find the political and personal success that he wanted and his uncle thought he ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democrats

    A Reference Guide

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Series series Guides to Historic Events in America
    This illuminating overview explains political parties in the early 19th century, comparing and contrasting that era with the modern-day political climate.In this chronological examination of the Democratic Party's origins, award-winning author Mark R. Cheathem traces the development of both the Democratic Party and the second American party system from its roots in the Jeffersonian Republicans in ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny

    by Mark R. Cheathem, Terry Corps ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras
    The Jacksonian period under review in this dictionary served as a transition period for the United States. The growing pains of the republic’s infancy, during which time Americans learned that their nation would survive transitions of political power, gave way to the uncertainty of adolescence. While the United States did not win its second war, the War of 1812, with its mother country, it ... Read more

    $141.99 USD

  • Andrew Jackson, Southerner

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Series series Southern Biography Series
    Many Americans view Andrew Jackson as a frontiersman who fought duels, killed Indians, and stole another man's wife. Historians have traditionally presented Jackson as a man who struggled to overcome the obstacles of his backwoods upbringing and helped create a more democratic United States. In his compelling new biography of Jackson, Mark R. Cheathem argues for a reassessment of these long-held ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Of Times and Race

    Essays Inspired by John F. Marszalek

    Edited by Michael B. Ballard, Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Of Times and Race contains eight essays on African American history from the Jacksonian era through the early twentieth century. Taken together, these essays, inspired by noted scholar John F. Marszalek, demonstrate the many nuances of African Americans' struggle to grasp freedom, respect, assimilation, and basic rights of American citizens.Essays include Mark R. Cheathem's look at Andrew Jackson ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

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    The Coming of Democracy

    Presidential Campaigning in the Age of Jackson

    by Mark R. Cheathem ...
    Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    In The Coming of Democracy, Mark R. Cheathem examines the evolution of presidential campaigning from 1824 to 1840. Addressing the roots of early republic cultural politics—from campaign biographies to songs, political cartoons, and public correspondence between candidates and voters—Cheathem asks the listener to consider why such informal political expressions increased so dramatically during the ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Brief, Violent History of America's Most Progressive Era

    by Douglas R. Egerton ...
    A groundbreaking new history, telling the stories of hundreds of African-American activists and officeholders who risked their lives for equality-in the face of murderous violence-in the years after the Civil War.By 1870, just five years after Confederate surrender and thirteen years after the Dred Scott decision ruled blacks ineligible for citizenship, Congressional action had ended slavery and ... Read more

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  • Reconstruction Updated Edition

    America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18

    by Eric Foner ...
    From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white ... Read more

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  • Henry Clay

    The Essential American

    by David S. Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler ...
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