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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785095403321

Autore

Cornog Evan

Titolo

The birth of empire [[electronic resource] ] : DeWitt Clinton and the American experience, 1769-1828 / / Evan Cornog

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-771180-4

1-280-52981-4

0-19-535320-X

1-4294-0451-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

974.7/03/092

B

Soggetti

Legislators - United States

Governors - New York (State)

Mayors - New York (State) - New York

Erie Canal (N.Y.) History

New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865

United States Politics and government 1783-1865

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. 211-220) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; INTRODUCTION: Gentlemen of New York; ONE: Political Apprentice; TWO: Political Journeyman; THREE: Clintonians and Burrites; FOUR: Mayor Clinton; FIVE: Clintonian Culture; SIX: Clintonians and Quids; SEVEN: New York and the Nation; EIGHT: Launching the Canal; NINE: Clintonian Intellect; TEN: The Governor; ELEVEN: Resurrection; TWELVE: The Canal and Its Consequences; THIRTEEN: End of a Career; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A biography relating the life of DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828), one of America's strongest political leaders in the early 19th century. It examines his patrician sentiments, his form of party politics and his influence on the economic expansion of the country and its political geography.