{"product_id":"a-companion-to-the-antebellum-presidents-1837-1861-hardback-9781444339123","title":"A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837 - 1861 (Hardback) 9781444339123","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837 - 1861\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJoel H. Silbey (Edited by), J Silbey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781444339123, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 February 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e496 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.8 x 3 cm, 0.898 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Provocative and modestly revisionist, this enlightening collection should be the first-choice volume for anyone interested in the political historiography of the antebellum presidents.”  (\u003ci\u003ePresidential Studies Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, 28 July 2015)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history.”  (\u003ci\u003eE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003expofairs.com\u003c\/i\u003e, 17 December 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Antebellum Presidents \u003c\/i\u003epresents 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoel H. Silbey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I General Themes 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Political World of the Antebellum Presidents 7\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoel H. Silbey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Expansionist Impulse in Antebellum America 43\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael A. Morrison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Rise of Sectional Tensions: Parties, Slavery, and Abolitionism 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNicole Etcheson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Antebellum Presidents and Foreign Policy 89\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJay Sexton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Presidents 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson’s Right Hand 109\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eM. Philip Lucas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Van Buren and the Economic Collapse of the Late 1830s 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan M. Atkins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”: William Henry Harrison and the Rise of Popular Politics 155\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam G. Shade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. President John Tyler, Henry Clay, and the Whig Party 173\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward P. Crapol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. James K. Polk and the Democratic Party 195\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eM. J. Heale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Polk in Office: Domestic Politics and Policies 221\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul H. Bergeron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Polk as a War President 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn C. Pinheiro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Polk as a Southern Sectionalist 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Todd Landis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Zachary Taylor in Office: Clay, the Whig Party, and the Sectional Crisis 291\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael J. Birkner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Millard Fillmore, Whig Politician and Leader of His Party 309\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDamon R. Eubank\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. President Fillmore and the Taming of Sectional Tensions 327\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth R. Varon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Franklin Pierce, Democratic Partisan 345\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eYonatan Eyal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Franklin Pierce, the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, and the Political Transformation of the Mid-1850s 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn F. Kirn, Jr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. James Buchanan: The Early Political Life of the Old Public Functionary 397\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean H. Baker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. 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