Description: Through its wide focus on a diverse array of American political practices and ideologies, Breakaway Americas will appeal to anyone interested in the Jacksonian United States, US politics, American identity, and the unpredictable nature of history.
Brief description: Thomas Richards, Jr. earned his PhD in American history from Temple University. He is a history teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy.
Review Quotes: Breakaway Americas is an important book in that it reminds historians that contingency mattered in helping to shape the eventual borders of the United States.
--Michael A. Hill, American Nineteenth Century History