LEADER 04030nam 2200589 450 001 9910140183103321 005 20230803194957.0 010 $a1-118-60929-8 010 $a1-118-60936-0 010 $a1-118-60933-6 010 $a1-118-60932-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000494211 035 $a(EBL)1577046 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1577046 035 $a(DLC) 2013044449 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1577046 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10815815 035 $a(OCoLC)865334537 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000494211 100 $a20131217d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 02$aA companion to the antebellum presidents /$fedited by Joel H. Silbey ; contributor John Ashworth [and nineteen others] 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aChichester, England ; :$cJohn Wiley & Sons,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (495 p.) 225 0 $aWiley-Blackwell companions to American history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4443-3912-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Joel H. Silbey -- General themes. -- The political world of the antebellum presidents / Joel H. Silbey -- The expansionist impulse in antebellum America / Michael A. Morrison -- The rise of sectional tensions; parties, slavery and abolitionism / Nicole Etcheson -- The antebellum presidents and foreign policy / Jay Sexton -- The presidents. -- Martin Van Buren as party leader and at Jackson's right hand / M. Philip Lucas -- Van Buren and the economic collapse of the 1830's / Jonathan M. Atkins -- "Tippecanoe and Tyler too": William Henry Harrison and the rise of popular politics / William G. Shade -- President John Tyler, Henry Clay and the Whig Party / Edward Crapol -- James K. Polk and the Democratic Party / M.J. Heale -- Polk in office: domestic politics and policies / Paul Bergeron -- Polk as a war president / John Pinhiero -- Polk as a southern sectionalist / Michael Todd Landis -- Zachary Taylor in office: Clay, the Whig Party, and the sectional crisis / Michael J. Birkner -- Millard Fillmore, Whig politician and leader of his party / Damon Eubank -- President Fillmore and the taming of sectionalism / Elizabeth Varon -- Franklin Pierce, democratic partisan / Yonatan Eyal -- Franklin Pierce, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill and the political transformation of the mid-1850's / John F. Kim, Jr -- James Buchanan: the early political life of the old public functionary / Jean H. Baker -- James Buchanan, the slavocracy and the disruption of the Democratic Party / James Huston -- James Buchanan and the secession crisis / John Ashworth. 330 $aA Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861. Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellu 410 0$aWiley Blackwell Companions to American History 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1837-1841 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1841-1845 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1845-1861 615 0$aPresidents$xHistory 676 $a973.09/9 701 $aAshworth$b John$0430329 702 $aSilbey$b Joel H. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910140183103321 996 $aA companion to the antebellum presidents$92287157 997 $aUNINA