The First Populist: The Defiant Life of Andrew Jackson
威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum
Online
Historian David S. Brown traces President Andrew Jackson鈥檚 unusual life and legacy and sheds new light on his place in our nation鈥檚 history, focusing on his role as a popular leader. Andrew Jackson rose from rural poverty to become the dominant figure in American politics between Jefferson and Lincoln. A self-defined champion of 鈥渇armers, mechanics, and laborers,鈥� Jackson railed against the established ruling order, fostering a brand of democracy that struck a chord with the common man and helped catapult him into the Presidency鈥攈e was the first westerner, first orphan, and the only prisoner of war to occupy the office. Presenting a full portrait of a controversial American life, The First Populist offers a new way to interpret Jackson鈥檚 legacy, connecting 鈥淥ld Hickory鈥� to a longer history of division, dissent, and partisanship that has come to define our current times.
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