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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450123703321

Autore

Ellis Richard E.

Titolo

The Union at risk : Jacksonian democracy, states' rights, and the nullification crisis / / Richard E. Ellis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1987

©1987

ISBN

0-19-987906-0

0-19-802084-8

1-280-52441-3

9786610524419

0-19-534515-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (582 p.)

Disciplina

973.5/61

Soggetti

Nullification (States' rights)

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1829-1837

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

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; 1 An Ambiguous Heritage: States' Rights in America, 1776-1828; 2 Andrew Jackson, States' Rights, and Majority Rule; 3 Andrew Jackson, Nullification, and the South; 4 The Proclamation; 5 Georgia and the Nullification Crisis; 6 Virginia and the Nullification Crisis; 7 New York and the Nullification Crisis; 8 'The Compromise'; 9 The Nullification Crisis and Jacksonian Democracy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Nullification Crisis of 1832-33 is undeniably the most important major event of Andrew Jackson's two presidential terms. Attempting to declare null and void the high tariffs enacted by Congress in the late 1820's, the state of South Carolina declared that it had the right to ignore those national laws that did not suit it. Responding swiftly and decisively, Jackson issued a Proclamation reaffirming the primacy of the national government and backed this up with a Force Act, allowing him to enforce the law with troops. Although the conflict was eventually



allayed by a compromise fashioned by

2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991004100399707536

Autore

Alberti Di Villanova, Francesco

Titolo

Nouveau dictionnaire français-italien : composé sur les dictionnaires de l'academie de France et de la Crusca, enrichi de tous les termes techniques des sciences et des arts / par l'abbe Francois D'Alberti de Villenueve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milan : G. Truffi e comp., [1834?]

Edizione

[Nouvelle ed. notablement corrigée, ameliorée et augmentée]

Descrizione fisica

2 v. (LI, 2193 p.compless.) ; 34 cm

Soggetti

Lingua francese - Dizionari italiani

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia