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Robert J. Conley, Mountain Windsongs: A Novel of the Trail of Tears (1992). Captures the human impact of Jackson’s removal policy.
Richard Hofstadter, The Idea of a Party System (1969). Lucidly explains the triumph of party politics.
Thomas N. Ingersoll, To Intermix with Our White Brothers (2005). Argues that fear of racial intermixture shaped popular thought and government policy toward Indians.
Robert V. Remini, The Life of Andrew Jackson (1988). Highlights Jackson’s triumphs and shortcomings.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835). A classic that is still worth dipping into; also available at xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/detoc/home.html.
Sean Wilentz, Chants Democratic (1986). Covers the ideology of working men.