Avenging the People - Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation

The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction: In Our Blood


• Chapter 1: States of Nature


• Chapter 2: A Nation of Laws


• Chapter 3: Extreme Frontiers


• Chapter 4: I Love My Country and Government


• Chapter 5: The Hour of National Vengeance


• Chapter 6: The People's Choice


• Conclusion: Submit to Nothing


• Abbreviations


• Notes


• Index

About the author

J.M. Opal is Associate Professor of History at McGill University. He is the author of Beyond the Farm: National Ambitions in Rural New England and the editor of Common Sense and Other Writings by Thomas Paine.

Summary

The most powerful American of his time, Andrew Jackson saw himself as the people's "great avenger." Yet his ideas also limited the people's sovereignty, imposing one kind of law to inflict one sort of "justice." Drawing from new evidence about Jackson and the southern frontiers, Avenging the People boldly reinterprets the man and his age.

Additional text

The story of the bloody decades following the Revolution and the early development of the [Old Southwest] region is told graphically, succinctly, and with unusual and rewarding insight.

Product details

• Authors: J.M. Opal, J.m. (Associate Professor of History Opal
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.06.2020
• EAN: 9780190088385
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008838-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), c 1800 to c 1900, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850