Horace Greeley and the Politics of Reform in Nineteenth Century Americ

Informationen zum Autor Mitchell Snay is professor of history at Denison University. He is the author of three books, Fenians, Freedmen, and Southern Whites: Race and Nationality in the Era of Reconstruction, Religion and the Antebellum Debate over Slavery, and Gospel of Disunion: Religion and Separatism in the Antebellum South. Klappentext Snay's new biography places Horace Greeley (1811-1872) in his historical context. As a newspaper editor, politician, and reformer, Greeley was involved with the major events and trends of the era. He was the influential editor of the New York Tribune from 1841 until his death and was instrumental in the rise of the Whig and Republican parties. Zusammenfassung Snay's new biography places Horace Greeley (1811-1872) in his historical context. As a newspaper editor! politician! and reformer! Greeley was involved with the major events and trends of the era. He was the influential editor of the New York Tribune from 1841 until his death and was instrumental in the rise of the Whig and Republican parties. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionChapter 1: From Country to City: Coming of Age in the Early RepublicChapter 2: The Politics of Whiggery: The 1830sChapter 3: The World of Print Culture in Antebellum New YorkChapter 4: The Politics of Reform: The 1840sChapter 5: The Politics of Antislavery: The 1850sChapter 6: The Politics of Union: The Civil WarChapter 7: The Politics of Reconstruction

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mitchell Snay, Snay Mitchell
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.10.2011
• EAN: 9780742551008
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5100-8
• Seiten: 216
• Serien: American Profiles (Rowman & Li; American Profiles; American Profiles (Rowman & Li; American Profiles
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Biographien, Autobiographien; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Journalistik; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Biography: general, HISTORY / United States / General, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, History of the Americas