David M. Gold

An Exemplary Whig

Edward Kent and the Whig Disposition in American Politics and Law

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Produktbeschreibung

An Exemplary Whig examines the life and thought of Edward Kent, a nineteenth-century state political leader and judge and Maine's quintessential Whig. It reveals Kent's characteristically conservative Whig aversion toward disorder and his deep respect for law, existing institutions, and the wisdom of experience. David Gold shows how Kent carried the Whig persuasion into the Republican ascendancy and the beginnings of the Gilded Age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780739172728
• ISBN-10: 0739172727
• Artikelnr.: 35936835

Autorenporträt

David M. Gold is an attorney with the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. He received his law degree and doctorate in history at The Ohio State University and is the author of The Shaping of Nineteenth-Century Law: John Appleton and Responsible Individualism.  

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Note on Citations Introduction Chapter 1. Education in
Federalism Chapter 2. National Republican Legislator Chapter 3. Mayor of
Bangor Chapter 4. Hell-Bent for Kent Chapter 5. "The True End of
Government" Chapter 6. Running the Line Chapter 7. Negotiating the
Northeastern Boundary Chapter 8. For Taylor and the Union Chapter 9. Consul
in Rio Chapter 10. The Unholy Traffic Chapter 11. The Demise of the Whigs
Chapter 12. The Rise of the Republicans Chapter 13. A Republican on the
Bench Chapter 14. The Jurisprudence of Common Sense Chapter 15. The Last
Whig Bibliography Index About the Author