James Bradley

Martin Van Buren (eBook, PDF)

America's First Politician

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 632
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190920531
• Artikelnr.: 72260484

Autorenporträt

James 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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