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Informationen zum Autor Joel H. Silbey is President White Professor of History at Cornell University. Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of Popular Politics is his thirteenth book. Klappentext In the early part of the nineteenth century, America was skeptical of popular politics, distrustful of political parties, and disdainful of political management. However, as prominent historian Joel H. Silbey demonstrates, Martin Van Buren took the lead among his contemporaries in remolding the old political order as he captured the New York state governorship, a seat in the United States Senate, and ultimately the Presidency. Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics takes a fresh look at the life and political career of one of America's most often overlooked, yet most influential, public figures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Tavern Keeper's Son: The Making of a Politician, 1782-1812Chapter 2: "The Partisan Leader" I: Master of the State, 1812-1821Chapter 3: "The Partisan Leader" II: The Senator From New York, 1821-1828Chapter 4: The Seats of the Mighty, 1828-1832Chapter 5: The Democracy's Heir Apparent, 1832-1836Chapter 6: At the Summit: The Eighth President of the United States, 1837-1841Chapter 7: "The People Could Not Be Rallied for Van Buren"Chapter 8: The Partisan Leader at Bay, 1841-1847Chapter 9: "The Most Fallen Man I Have Ever Known": The Party Leader Becomes a Political Rebel-For a Time, 1848-1852Chapter 10: Political Afterlife, 1852-1862Chapter 11: "The Honors of Their Statesman"Suggested Reading
