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Met His Every Goal? : James K. Polk and the Legends of Manifest Destiny / / Tom Chaffin



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Autore: Chaffin Tom Visualizza persona
Titolo: Met His Every Goal? : James K. Polk and the Legends of Manifest Destiny / / Tom Chaffin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Knoxville : , : University of Tennessee Press, , 2015
Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2015
©2015
Edizione: First edition.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
Disciplina: 973.6/1092
Soggetto topico: Manifest Destiny
Presidents - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1845-1849
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Traces of the dark horse -- The expansionist -- The autocrat -- The historian and the president -- The legends of Manifest Destiny -- The road to Fort Sumter.
Sommario/riassunto: <div>Soon after winning the presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk slapped his thigh and predicted what would be the ""four great measures"" of his administration: the acquisition of some or all of the Oregon Country, the acquisition of California, a reduction in tariffs, and the establishment of a permanent independent treasury. Over the next four years, the Tennessee Democrat achieved all four goals. And those milestones-along with his purported enunciation of them-have come to define his presidency. Indeed, repeated <i>ad infinitum</i> in U.S. history text
Titolo autorizzato: Met His Every Goal  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-62190-128-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910797435303321
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