The historian of the frontier thesis surveys the decade after the War of 1812, region by region: New England, the Middle States, the South, the West and the Far West to Oregon. He shows how sectional interests shaped the Missouri Compromise, the tariff, internal improvements and the election that set John Quincy Adams against Andrew Jackson.
A classic of American historical writing by the historian of the frontier, part of the American Nation series. Download the free EPUB.