Martin van Buren and the American Political System /

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Donald Cole analyzes the political skills that brought Van Buren the nickname Little Magician," describing how he built the Albany Regency (which became a model for political party machines) and how he created the Democratic party of Andrew Jackson. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton L...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cole, Donald B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1984.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Van Buren, Martin, > 1782-1862.
Presidents.
Politics and government
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States.
New York (State)
New York (État) > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
New York (State) > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations in Footnotes
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Republican In A Federalist World
  • 2. Principles and Party
  • 3. The Albany Regency
  • 4. Reviving the old Contest
  • 5. Planters and Plain Republicans
  • 6. The Magician and old Hickory
  • 7. Tranquillity In England
  • 8. The Bank and the Tariff
  • 9. Jacksonian Democracy in the Election of 1836
  • 10. Responding to the Panic
  • 11. The Independent Treasury
  • 12. The End of the Magic
  • 13. New Principles
  • 14. Free Soil
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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