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April 27, 2016
Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America
I am pleased to announce that William K. Bolt‘s book, Tariff Wars and the Politics of Jacksonian America, is the …
March 23, 2016
Here’s What the Trump/Jackson Comparisons Are Missing
The comparisons between Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson continue to appear. This recent one does a poor job of making …
February 20, 2016
Are Conspiracy Theories Central to U.S. Political Debate?
Anne Applebaum’s piece in Slate argues that we have been blessed in recent history by a political system that has, …
February 17, 2016
Is Donald Trump a Modern-Day Andrew Jackson? New Thoughts
While I have been wrapped up in launchingThe Papers of Martin Van Burenproject this week, a couple of historians wondered …
February 8, 2016
Official Launch of The Papers of Martin Van Buren Project
Cumberland University is launching The Papers of Martin Van Buren project on Monday, Feb. 15. (Fittingly, that is Presidents Day.) …
February 3, 2016
The Failed Preservation of Andrew Jackson Donelson’s Mississippi Home
Longtime readers will remember that I wrote a couple of posts (here and here) about Andrew Jackson Donelson’s home in …
December 31, 2015
Jacksonian America: 2015 in Review
WordPress prepared a year-end report for this blog. Here are the highlights: Total blog views: 49,289 Most active month in …
December 18, 2015
Andrew Jackson’s Otherworldly Regrets
Betsy Phillips at the Nashville Scenehas writtenan interesting pieceon nineteenth-century Spiritualism’s treatment of Andrew Jackson. In particular, she noted the …
October 26, 2015
Donald Trump: A Modern-Day Andrew Jackson?
In a recent Minnesota Star Tribune editorial, Stephen B. Young,global executive director of the Caux Round Table, calls Donald Trump …
October 19, 2015
Library of Congress Digitizes Andrew Jackson Papers
The Library of Congress has digitized its collection of Andrew Jackson’s papers. You can find a description of the collection’s …
