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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451239303321

Titolo

Presidents from Hayes through McKinley [[electronic resource] ] : debating the issues in pro and con primary documents / / [compiled by] Amy H. Sturgis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2003

ISBN

1-280-90871-8

9786610908714

0-313-01688-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

The president's position

Altri autori (Persone)

SturgisAmy H. <1971->

Disciplina

973.8/092/2

Soggetti

Presidents - United States - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1865-1900 Sources

United States Foreign relations 1865-1921 Sources

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 (p. [227]-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881); 2 James A. Garfield (1881); 3 Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885); 4 Grover Cleveland (1885-1889); 5 Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893); 6 Grover Cleveland (1893-1897); 7 William McKinley (1897-1901); Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This resource of primary documents and commentary spans the Hayes and McKinley administrations, selecting and describing five to ten of the foremost issues of the day. The actual texts of the presidents' positions, along with the opposing viewpoints, are presented. Helpful background information and commentary clarifies the primary sources, accurately depicting this dynamic time in the country's past and providing an invaluable resource to any student of American history.||The period from 1877 to 1901 marked the end of one United States-a country still reeling from the Civil War, a divided nat