Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox : the 1840 election and the making of a partisan nation /

"The 1840 election is best known for giving us the most famous presidential campaign slogan in history: "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Featuring log cabins, sly songs, and misleading rhetoric, it is an election usually seen as determined by campaign tactics designed to dupe the gullible...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ellis, Richard (Richard J.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Series:American presidential elections.
Subjects:
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841.
Tyler, John, > 1790-1862.
Harrison, William Henry, > 1773-1841
Tyler, John, > 1790-1862
1800-1899
Presidents > United States > Election > 1840.
Political parties > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Political culture
Political parties
Politics and government
Presidents > Election
United States > Politics and government > 1837-1845.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Age of Van Buren
  • The Politics of Boom and Bust
  • The Two Senators: Daniel Webster and Henry Clay
  • The Two Generals: William Henry Harrison and Winfield Scott
  • The Road to the Whig Convention
  • Come Together
  • "We Go for Principles, Not Men": The Democratic Convention
  • See How They Run: Campaigning for President
  • "The Presidential Contest Absorbs Every Thing Else"
  • Tippecanoe and the Economy Too: Understanding the Election of 1840.

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