02959nam 2200745uu 450 991082311660332120230421044816.00-19-771180-41-280-52981-40-19-535320-X1-4294-0451-510.1093/oso/9780195119497.001.0001(CKB)1000000000411280(EBL)272823(OCoLC)466428111(SSID)ssj0000112610(PQKBManifestationID)11127914(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112610(PQKBWorkID)10087245(PQKB)10719619(Au-PeEL)EBL272823(CaPaEBR)ebr10278337(CaONFJC)MIL52981(MiAaPQ)EBC272823(OCoLC)1406787022(StDuBDS)9780197711804(EXLCZ)99100000000041128019990208e20231998 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe birth of empire DeWitt Clinton and the American experience, 1769-1828 /Evan Cornog[electronic resource]New York ;Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (241 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1998.0-19-514051-6 0-19-511949-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.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; IndexA 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.Oxford scholarship online.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyGovernorsNew York (State)BiographyMayorsNew York (State)New YorkBiographyErie Canal (N.Y.)HistoryNew York (State)Politics and government1775-1865United StatesPolitics and government1783-1865LegislatorsGovernorsMayors974.7/03/092BCornog Evan1712333DLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910823116603321The birth of empire4104372UNINA