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A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861 - J Silbey

A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861

J Silbey (Autor)

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512 Seiten
2014
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Hersteller)
9781118609330 (ISBN)
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A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861.



Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures
Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents
Brings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency
Reveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War
Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history

Joel H. Silbey is Professor of History Emeritus at Cornell University. His books include Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics (2002), Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (2005), and Party Over Section: The Election of 1848 (2009).

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.2.2014
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 214 x 257 mm
Gewicht 2217 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-13 9781118609330 / 9781118609330
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