Jacksonian America [Paperback]

In an attempt to paint a more socially diverse picture of the Jacksonian era, Seth Rockman takes readers into a concise examination of recent scholarship in this continually evolving sub-field.In an attempt to paint a more socially diverse picture of the Jacksonian era, Seth Rockman takes readers into a concise examination of recent scholarship in this continually evolving sub-field.Series ForewordIntroductionThe Politics of the PublicState, Empire, and the Transnational TurnSlavery as a National InstitutionThe Political Economy of CapitalismWhy Jacksonian America?BibliographySeth Rockman is associate professor of history at Brown University. He is the author of Welfare Reform in the Early Republic (2003) and Scraping By: Wage Labor, Slavery, and Survival in Early Baltimore (2009).