The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Here, Michael F. Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written. He offers a panoramic account of the tumultuous antebellum period, a time when a flurry of parties and larger-than-life politicians--Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren, and Henry Clay--struggled for control as the U.S. inched towards secession. It was an era when Americans were passionately involved in politics, when local concerns drove national policy, and when momentous political events--like the Annexation of Texas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act--rocked the country. Amid this contentious political activity, the Whig Party continuously stro…
Mehr
CHF 24.50
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-977203-2
- EAN: 9780199772032
- Produktnummer: 13927706
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 25'386 KB
- Abbildungen: 47 halftones
Über den Autor
Michael F. Holt, a leading authority on nineteenth-century American politics, is Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
14 weitere Werke von Michael F. Holt:
The Fate of Their Country
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 14.20
The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Ebook (EPUB Format)
CHF 24.50
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
Ebook (PDF Format)
CHF 76.05
Bewertungen
Anmelden