The invincible Duff Green : Whig of the West / / W. Stephen Belko
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| Autore: |
Belko W. Stephen <1967->
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| Titolo: |
The invincible Duff Green : Whig of the West / / W. Stephen Belko
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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2006 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (497 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.5/6092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Politicians - United States |
| Political consultants - United States | |
| Journalists - United States | |
| Businessmen - United States | |
| Legislators - Missouri | |
| Lawyers - Missouri | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 1815-1861 |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-472) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Intro -- THE INVINCIBLE DUFF GREEN WHIG OF THE WEST -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 Nascent Jacksonian -- CHAPTER 2 Land Speculator, Lawyer, Merchant, and General -- CHAPTER 3 Politics and Panic -- CHAPTER 4 New Pursuits and a New Career -- CHAPTER 5 Ideology, Party System, and Party Press -- CHAPTER 6 Defense of Jackson, Attack on the Coalition, and the Corrupt Bargain -- CHAPTER 7 The Calhoun Factor -- CHAPTER 8 The Issues Tariff, Internal Improvements, and Slavery -- CHAPTER 9 Victory! -- CHAPTER 10 Appointments and Patronage -- CHAPTER 11 The Rise of the Globe -- CHAPTER 12 The Jackson-Calhoun Correspondence -- CHAPTER 13 The Eaton Affairs -- CHAPTER 14 The Election of 1832 -- CHAPTER 15 The Nullification Crisis -- CHAPTER 16 The Bank War -- CHAPTER 17 Slavery -- CHAPTER 18 The Printing Business -- CHAPTER 19 The Election of 1836 -- CHAPTER 20 New Pursuits -- CHAPTER 21 England -- CHAPTER 22 England and Texas -- CHAPTER 23 England, Texas, and Mexico -- CHAPTER 24 Little Hickory's Wars -- CHAPTER 25 Jacksonian Capitalist and Territorial Expansion -- CONCLUSION The Last Years of a Jacksonian American -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "Drawing on previously unexploited primary sources, Belko illuminates the wide-ranging influence of Duff Green as land speculator, entrepreneur, lawyer, militia officer, politician, and newspaper editor. Disputing common assumption, Green is portrayed as a political moderate and independent westerner who played a fundamental role in the shaping of Jacksonian America"--Provided by publisher. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The invincible Duff Green |
| ISBN: | 0-8262-6512-X |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814223103321 |
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