Broken glass [[electronic resource] ] : Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union / / John M. Belohlavek

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910460050703321
• Autore: Belohlavek John M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Kent, Ohio, : Kent State University Press, c2005
• ISBN: 1-283-02474-8; 9786613024749; 1-61277-447-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (497 p.)
• Collana: Civil War in the North
• Disciplina: 973.5/092; B
• Soggetti: Legislators - United States; Politicians - Massachusetts; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Diplomats - United States; Diplomats - China; Attorneys general - United States; Electronic books.; Massachusetts Politics and government 1775-1865; United States Politics and government 1815-1861
• 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: The view from High Street, 1800-1826 -- Foreign adventures and congressional ventures, 1827-1834 -- Whig star rising : the politics of antislavery, 1835-1837 -- Battling the British Lion and the American Fox, 1837-1840 -- Tyler and the Corporal's Guard, 1841-1843 -- The road to China, 1843-1844 -- The warrior of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1848 -- The doughface Democrat, 1848-1853 -- The powerbroker : attorney general, 1853-1857 -- The most unpopular man in New England, 1857-1861 -- From Massachusetts exile to Washington insider, 1861-1869 -- The diplomat reemerges, 1869-1879.