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1 online resource (ix, 483 pages) |
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Nascent Jacksonian: ancestry, Kentucky days, and the emergence of a western democrat -- I: The making of a Jacksonian: Missouri years (1816-1826) -- Land speculator, lawyer, merchant, and general -- politics and panic -- New pursuits and a new career -- II: the election of 1828: Jacksonian partisan -- Ideology, party system, and party press -- Defense of Jackson, attack on the coalition and the corrupt bargain -- The Calhoun factor -- The issues: tariff, internal improvements, and slavery -- Victory! -- III: Jackson's first administration (1829-1833): Jacksonian apostate -- Appointments and patronage -- The rise of the globe -- The Jackson-Calhoun correspondence -- The Eaton affairs -- The election of 1832 -- IV: Jackson's second administration (1833-1837): Jacksonian adversary -- The nullification crisis -- The bank war -- Slavery -- V: Defeat, dejection, and diversions: Jacksonian American -- The printing business -- The election of 1836 -- New pursuits -- VI: Agent of Manifest destiny: Jacksonian expansionist -- England -- England and Texas -- England, Texas, and Mexico -- Little hickory's wars -- Jacksonian capitalist and territorial expansion -- The last years of a Jacksonian American |
| Summary |
"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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-472) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875.
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875 fast |
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 fast |
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Green, Duff. swd |
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Whig Party (U.S.) -- Biography
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Whig Party (U.S.) fast |
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Whigs USA gnd |
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Politicians -- United States -- Biography
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Political consultants -- United States -- Biography
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Journalists -- United States -- Biography
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Businessmen -- United States -- Biography
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Legislators -- Missouri -- Biography
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Lawyers -- Missouri -- Biography
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HISTORY.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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Businessmen
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Journalists
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Lawyers
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Legislators
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Political consultants
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Politics and government
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Politicians
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140427
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Missouri
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United States
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Biographies
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005032841 |
| ISBN |
9780826265128 |
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082626512X |
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