Jacksonian And Antebellum Age.

Jacksonian And Antebellum Age

Mark R. Cheathem, editor

ABC-CLIO

PO Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911

9781598840179, $85.00 www.abc-clio.com 1-800-368-6868

No segment of America's two-hundred year old history has been more colorful and critical than the years between the election of Andrew Jackson to be the first populist president of the United States and the advent of the American Civil War. The latest volume in the ABC-Clio 'Perspective in American Social History' series, "Jacksonian And Antebellum Age: People And Perspectives" offers an informed and informative survey of America during a time of westward expansion, increasing conflicts with Native Americans, the coming of the Industrial Revolution, and the emerging abolitionist movement. Enhanced with occasional black-and-white illustrations, the text is composed of contributions by accomplished historians and academicians under the skilled editorship of Mark R. Cheathem (Assistant Professor of History, Southern New Hampshire University), the nine articles comprising "Jacksonian And Antebellum Age" cover such issues as African American Revolutionaries; Presidential Politics and Social Scandal; Children and Culture; The Jacksonian Frontier; women, Taverns, and Travel; Religious Sects and Social Reform; New England Industry and Workers; Native American Politics and Removal; and Slave Traders. Enhanced with lists of primary documents, references, a bibliography, and an index, "Jacksonian And Antebellum Age" is an impressive and recommended addition to school and community library American History reference collections in general, and supplemental reading lists for non-specialist general readers with an interest in the issues and personalities of Jacksonian Era in particular.