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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141614403321

Titolo

A companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams [[electronic resource] /] / edited by David Waldstreicher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex [U.K.], : Wiley/Blackwell, 2013

ISBN

1-118-52428-4

1-118-52438-1

1-78268-821-8

1-118-52435-7

1-118-52429-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (602 p.)

Collana

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history. Presidential companions

Altri autori (Persone)

WaldstreicherDavid

Disciplina

973.09/9

B

Soggetti

Presidents - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The first generation -- pt. 2. The second generation -- pt. 3. Images and legacies.

Sommario/riassunto

A Companion to John Adams and John Quincy Adams presents a collection of original historiographic essays contributed by leading historians that cover diverse aspects of the lives and politics of John and John Quincy Adams and their spouses, Abigail and Louisa Catherine. Features contributions from top historians and Adams' scholarsConsiders sub-topics of interest such as John Adams' role in the late 18th-century demise of the Federalists, both Adams' presidencies and efforts as diplomats, religion, and slaveryIncludes two chapters