Wilson, Major L.
The presidency of Martin Van Buren Major L. Wilson - Lawrence, KS University Press of Kansas 1984 - 252 p - American presidency series .
Foreword --
Preface --
A restless nation --
The road to the White House --
The panic of 1837 --
A proposal of divorce --
The meaning of divorce --
A separation without divorce --
The second Declaration of Independence --
Peace with honor --
Running the shop --
The last step --
Notes --
Bibliographical essay --
Index.
"Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, has been judged harshly by some historians as a politician by trade and a spoilsman without principles, a "little magician" who was interested only in his own advancement. This volume provides a thorough recounting of the events and decisions of Van Buren's White House years (1837-1841), and adds to the positive reappraisal of Van Buren as an able statesman and effective chief executive. Wilson stresses that Van Buren faced the major problems of his presidency with courage and consistency, and that he brought repose to a nation wrenched both by sectional differences and by the violent fluctuations of economic expansion and contraction."--Publisher.
56994
0700602380
9780700602384
56994
Van Buren, Martin 1782-1862
--United States--1837-1841
973.570924 Wil 15
The presidency of Martin Van Buren Major L. Wilson - Lawrence, KS University Press of Kansas 1984 - 252 p - American presidency series .
Foreword --
Preface --
A restless nation --
The road to the White House --
The panic of 1837 --
A proposal of divorce --
The meaning of divorce --
A separation without divorce --
The second Declaration of Independence --
Peace with honor --
Running the shop --
The last step --
Notes --
Bibliographical essay --
Index.
"Martin Van Buren, eighth president of the United States, has been judged harshly by some historians as a politician by trade and a spoilsman without principles, a "little magician" who was interested only in his own advancement. This volume provides a thorough recounting of the events and decisions of Van Buren's White House years (1837-1841), and adds to the positive reappraisal of Van Buren as an able statesman and effective chief executive. Wilson stresses that Van Buren faced the major problems of his presidency with courage and consistency, and that he brought repose to a nation wrenched both by sectional differences and by the violent fluctuations of economic expansion and contraction."--Publisher.
56994
0700602380
9780700602384
56994
Van Buren, Martin 1782-1862
--United States--1837-1841
973.570924 Wil 15