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James K. Polk, Vol 1. Jacksonian /
This full account is of Polk's important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy, the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of Jackson's administrations, and after 1835 the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
2226 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Illustrations
- I. Old Mecklenburg
- II. Growing Up with the West
- III. The Politics of Democracy
- IV. The Factious Opposition
- V. Defining Democratic Republicanism
- VI. The Democracy and the Money Power
- VII. "Polk Deserves a Medal"
- VIII. Polk versus Bell
- IX. Tennessee Deserts Jackson
- X. Mr. Speaker Polk
- XI. Tennessee Redeemed
- XII. The Governorship-and Higher Stakes
- XIII. Frustration
- XIV. Finis?
- Sources
- Index