04280nam 2200745 a 450 991096143090332120251117065118.01-283-02474-897866130247491-61277-447-4(CKB)2670000000079030(EBL)3118708(OCoLC)922968321(SSID)ssj0000483125(PQKBManifestationID)12159593(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483125(PQKBWorkID)10529613(PQKB)11659188(MiAaPQ)EBC3118708(Au-PeEL)EBL3118708(CaPaEBR)ebr10456330(CaONFJC)MIL302474(BIP)46254578(BIP)12297601(EXLCZ)99267000000007903020050606d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBroken glass Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union /John M. BelohlavekKent, Ohio Kent State University Pressc20051 online resource (497 p.)Civil War in the NorthDescription based upon print version of record.0-87338-841-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.The most hated man in New England, as critics dubbed him on the eve of the Civil War, Caleb Cushing, brash and controversial, was perhaps the last of 19th-century America's renaissance figures. Poet and politician, essayist and diplomat, general and lawyer, this multidimensional scion of a Newburyport, Massachusetts, mercantile family moved in and out of positions of power and influence for more than fifty years. First as a spokesman for the Whig and then the Democratic Parties, Cushing served in Congress, as the minister to China, as a general in the Mexican War, as U.S. attorney general, and as a legal adviser and diplomatic operative for Presidents Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant. With an unharnessed mind and probing intellect, Cushing inspired and infuriated contemporaries with his strident views on such topics as race relations and gender roles, national expansion and the legitimacy of secession. While his positions generated arguments and garnered enemies, his views often mirrored those of many Americans. His abilities and talents sustained him in public service and made him one of the most outstanding and fascinating figures of the era. Biographer John Belohlavek delivers a work of importance and originality to specialists in the areas of mid-nineteenth-century political, legal, and diplomatic history as well as to those interested in New England history, antebellum gender relations, civil-military relations, and Mexican War studies.Civil War in the North.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyPoliticiansMassachusettsBiographyMexican War, 1846-1848BiographyDiplomatsUnited StatesBiographyDiplomatsChinaBiographyAttorneys generalUnited StatesBiographyMassachusettsPolitics and government1775-1865United StatesPolitics and government1815-1861LegislatorsPoliticiansMexican War, 1846-1848DiplomatsDiplomatsAttorneys general973.5/092BBelohlavek John M1870331MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961430903321Broken glass4478742UNINA