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American republics (1MP3) a continental history of the United States, 1783-1850

American republics (1MP3) a continental history of the United States, 1783-1850

Sound Recording 2021

Historian Alan Taylor upends the traditional story of America's formative period. This book captures the high-stakes political drama as Jackson and Adams, Clay, Calhoun, and Webster contend over slavery, the economy, Indian removal, and national expansion. A ground-level account of American industrialization conveys the everyday lives of factory workers and immigrant families.