A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power.
A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power.
James M. Bradley is co-editor of the Martin Van Buren Papers, based at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. He is an Adjunct Instructor in the public history program at State University of New York at Albany, and was the Senior Project Editor of Encyclopedia of New York City, published by Yale University Press.
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Introduction: A New Political Era Part 1: The Making of a Politician, 1782-1815 1. Aristos and Demos 2. The World of Aaron Burr 3. That Little Imp of Jacobinism 4. The Luck of War Part 2: The Fight for New York, 1815-1828 5. Kick or be Kicked 6. Plucking Mr. Clinton's Sting 7. The Goodly Boat 8. The Malcontents Part 3: The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1828-1837 9. Electioneering 10. The Master Mover 11. A Killing Off in the Public Mind 12. A Sound Beating 13. Caution 14. The Successor Part 4: The Presidency, 1837-1841 15. Hard Times 16. Rebels and Borders 17. The Dereliction of Faith and Virtue 18. We Have Taught Them How to Conquer Us Part 5: The Fall From Power: 1841-1862 19. The Comeback 20. Polk's Betrayal 21. The Last Stand 22. A Pretense of Happiness
Introduction: A New Political Era Part 1: The Making of a Politician, 1782-1815 1. Aristos and Demos 2. The World of Aaron Burr 3. That Little Imp of Jacobinism 4. The Luck of War Part 2: The Fight for New York, 1815-1828 5. Kick or be Kicked 6. Plucking Mr. Clinton's Sting 7. The Goodly Boat 8. The Malcontents Part 3: The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1828-1837 9. Electioneering 10. The Master Mover 11. A Killing Off in the Public Mind 12. A Sound Beating 13. Caution 14. The Successor Part 4: The Presidency, 1837-1841 15. Hard Times 16. Rebels and Borders 17. The Dereliction of Faith and Virtue 18. We Have Taught Them How to Conquer Us Part 5: The Fall From Power: 1841-1862 19. The Comeback 20. Polk's Betrayal 21. The Last Stand 22. A Pretense of Happiness
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