
Andrew Jackson
The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege
"It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz''s deep interpretation and lively narrative." - Publishers Weekly
The Founding Fathers espoused a republican government, but they were distrustful of the common people, having designed a constitutional system that would temper p...
The towering figure who remade American politics—the champion of the ordinary citizen and the scourge of entrenched privilege
"It is rare that historians manage both Wilentz''s deep interpretation and lively narrative." - Publishers Weekly
The Founding Fathers espoused a republican government, but they were distrustful of the common people, having designed a constitutional system that would temper p...