Pretense of Glory
The Life of General Nathaniel P. Banks
In this first modern biography of Nathaniel P. Banks, James G. Hollandsworth, Jr., reveals the complicated and contradictory nature of the man who called himself the fighting politician. Despite a lack of formal education, family connections, and personal fortune, Banks (1816--1884) advanced from the Massachusetts legislature to the governorship to the U.S. Congress and Speaker of the House. He learned early in his political career that the pretext of conviction can be more important than the conviction itself, and he practiced a politics of expedience, espousing popular beliefs but never defining beliefs of his own. A leader in the new Repub…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8071-5125-9
- EAN: 9780807151259
- Produktnummer: 27860630
- Verlag: Princeton University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1998
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'031 KB
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James G Hollandsworth
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