04937cam a2200721 i 4500 ocn862222363 OCoLC 20171105094629.0 m o d cr ||||||||||| 131105s2014 enk ob 001 0 eng 2013044449 9781118609293 (ePub) 1118609298 (ePub) 9781118609323 (Adobe PDF) 1118609328 (Adobe PDF) 9781444339123 (cloth) 9781118609330 1118609336 EB00211215 Recorded Books DEBSZ 431581002 NZ1 16077741 DEBBG BV043396328 (OCoLC)862222363 (OCoLC)864997690 (OCoLC)865334537 (OCoLC)872649568 DLC eng rda DLC N$T YDXCP CDX OCLCF EBLCP IDEBK DG1 CUS RECBK NAM OCL DEBSZ OCL DEBBG pcc n-us--- MAIN E386 HIS 036010 bisacsh 973.09/9 B 23 A companion to the antebellum presidents, 1837-1861 / [compiled by] Joel H. Silbey. [electronic resource] Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014. 1 online resource. text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction / Joel H. Silbey -- General themes. -- The political world of the antebellum presidents / Joel H. Silbey -- The expansionist impulse in antebellum America / Michael A. Morrison -- The rise of sectional tensions; parties, slavery and abolitionism / Nicole Etcheson -- The antebellum presidents and foreign policy / Jay Sexton -- The presidents. -- Martin Van Buren as party leader and at Jackson's right hand / M. Philip Lucas -- Van Buren and the economic collapse of the 1830s / Jonathan M. Atkins -- "Tippecanoe and Tyler too": William Henry Harrison and the rise of popular politics / William G. Shade -- President John Tyler, Henry Clay and the Whig Party / Edward Crapol -- James K. Polk and the Democratic Party / M.J. Heale -- Polk in office: domestic politics and policies / Paul Bergeron -- Polk as a war president / John Pinhiero -- Polk as a southern sectionalist / Michael Todd Landis -- Zachary Taylor in office: Clay, the Whig Party, and the sectional crisis / Michael J. Birkner -- Millard Fillmore, Whig politician and leader of his party / Damon Eubank -- President Fillmore and the taming of sectionalism / Elizabeth Varon -- Franklin Pierce, democratic partisan / Yonatan Eyal -- Franklin Pierce, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill and the political transformation of the mid-1850s / John F. Kim, Jr -- James Buchanan: the early political life of the old public functionary / Jean H. Baker -- James Buchanan, the slavocracy and the disruption of the Democratic Party / James Huston -- James Buchanan and the secession crisis / John Ashworth. A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861. Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failuresRepresents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellu. Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. 1800-1899 fast Presidents United States History 19th century. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General bisacsh Politics and government fast (OCoLC)fst01919741 Presidents. fast (OCoLC)fst01075723 Essays 20th century. Essays 21st century. Essays History. United States Politics and government 1837-1841. United States Politics and government 1841-1845. United States Politics and government 1845-1861. United States. fast (OCoLC)fst01204155 Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Silbey, Joel H. Print version: Companion to the antebellum presidents Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2014 9781444339123 (DLC) 2013043814 Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118609330 Wiley Online Library ddc BK 207075 207075