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James K. Polk
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Description for James K. Polk
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 550 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; 3JF; BGH; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 485.
This full account is of Polk's important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy, the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of Jackson's administrations, and after 1835 the fateful emergence of sectional animosities-his biography is also a history of his generation's political experience. Professor Sellers has combined the elements with a sure hand, bringing out Polk's character-his ambition, his determination, his faith in the electorate-and the nature of his friends, his enemies, and the times in which he moved. One feature of the ... Read more
This full account is of Polk's important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy, the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of Jackson's administrations, and after 1835 the fateful emergence of sectional animosities-his biography is also a history of his generation's political experience. Professor Sellers has combined the elements with a sure hand, bringing out Polk's character-his ambition, his determination, his faith in the electorate-and the nature of his friends, his enemies, and the times in which he moved. One feature of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
550
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691626734
SKU
V9780691626734
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