A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837 - 1861

Joel H Silbey editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:14th Feb '14

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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 failures
  • Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents
  • Brings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency
  • Reveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War
  • Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history
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“Provocative and modestly revisionist, this enlightening collection should be the first-choice volume for anyone interested in the political historiography of the antebellum presidents.”  (Presidential Studies Quarterly, 28 July 2015)

“Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history.”  (Expofairs.com, 17 December 2014)

 

ISBN: 9781444339123

Dimensions: 252mm x 178mm x 31mm

Weight: 898g

496 pages