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Author : Eugene Irving McCormac
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : PSU:000025505832
Author : James K 1795-1849 Polk,Milo Milton Quaife
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0342437968
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Robert W. Merry
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743297448
Explores the one-term presidency of James K. Polk, during which the United States extended its territory across the continent by threatening England and manufacturing a controversial war with Mexico that Abraham Lincoln opposed.
Author : Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0842026479
James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition in the history of the USA. This is an analysis of each of these expansions, showing that they were far more complex than the moral crusade that had been labelled Manifest Destiny.
Author : Walter R. Borneman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588367723
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for and won tariff reductions, reestablished an independent Treasury, and, most notably, brought Texas into the Union, bluffed Great Britain out of the lion’s share of Oregon, and wrested California and much of the Southwest from Mexico. On reflection, these successes seem even more impressive, given the contentious political environment of the time. In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk’s life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led, and we are reminded anew of the true meaning of presidential accomplishment and resolve.
Author : Thomas M. Leonard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461638292
When he was elected President in 1845, James K. Polk was only 49 years old-at that time the youngest president ever to be elected. He faced a conflicted nation on the verge of tremendous territorial expansion. James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition in the history of the country-what New York journalist John O'Sullivan termed as the 'Manifest Destiny' of the United States to expand across the continent. By the end of Polk's presidency in 1849, U.S. possessions included the California, Oregon, and New Mexico territories. In addition, Texas had become part of the Union. This book analyzes Polk's political career and his role in each of these territorial expansions. James K. Polk: A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny shows that they were far more complex than the moral crusade that had been labeled 'Manifest Destiny.' Southern planters wanted to protect their 'peculiar institution' of slavery by adding new territories from which slave states would be carved. Commercial interests feared that war with England over any of these territories would adversely impact upon the nation's trade. Although the Oregon boundary dispute was settled with little friction, the Mexican War erupted after the annexation of Texas. This fascinating biography of our eleventh president and his successful efforts for expansion of U.S. territory will be of interest to students studying United States history, foreign policy, and the massive territorial expansion in the 1840s known as Manifest Destiny.
Author : John Loughery
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501711060
A son of Ulster -- A vocation -- Courting controversy -- New York City, 1838-1839 -- Who shall teach our children -- The Baal of bigotry -- War and famine -- A widening stage -- The church militant -- Authority challenged -- A new cathedral -- A nation divided, a church divided -- Manhattan under siege
Author : Benny Wasserman
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781426982736
By sharing our former presidents' shortcomings and weaknesses when they were most vulnerable and naive, in addition to their strengths and successes, we allow our youth to realize it is normal and part of growing up. Why should any person be stigmatized for the rest of his life because he committed indiscretions when he was a teenager? The purpose of this book is to encourage adolescents to never give up. No one ever really knows his or her ultimate capability, and none of us has any idea what our limits truly are. Only by trying, and then trying harder, will we be able to see how much we can accomplish with our minds and bodies. The younger a person is when he recognizes that he has no mental limitations, the sooner he can rise to his full potential. There is no special training to become president. One must simply be thirty-five-years-old, a U.S. citizen, and not a convicted felon. It is true that in our inglorious past our U.S. Constitution didn't allow blacks (until the 15th Amendment in 1870 and then the Voting Rights Act of 1965) or women (until the 19th Amendment in 1920) to participate in our political democracy. Although no one from either group has yet become chief executive, each has made significant inroads into our political system. I am quite certain that we will see an African-American or a female president in the not so distant future.
Author : John Seigenthaler
Publisher : Times Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466865976
The story of a pivotal president who watched over our westward expansion and solidified the dream of Jacksonian democracy James K. Polk was a shrewd and decisive commander in chief, the youngest president elected to guide the still-young nation, who served as Speaker of the House and governor of Tennessee before taking office in 1845. Considered a natural successor to Andrew Jackson, "Young Hickory" miraculously revived his floundering political career by riding a wave of public sentiment in favor of annexing the Republic of Texas to the Union. Shortly after his inauguration, he settled the disputed Oregon boundary and by 1846 had declared war on Mexico in hopes of annexing California. The considerably smaller American army never lost a battle. At home, however, Polk suffered a political firestorm of antiwar attacks from many fronts. Despite his tremendous accomplishments, he left office an extremely unpopular man, on whom stress had taken such a physical toll that he died within three months of departing Washington. Fellow Tennessean John Seigenthaler traces the life of this president who, as Truman noted, "said what he intended to do and did it."
Author : Thomas Janoski
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139491099
Explanations of naturalization and jus soli citizenship have relied on cultural, convergence, racialization, or capture theories, and they tend to be strongly affected by the literature on immigration. This study of naturalization breaks with the usual immigration theories and proposes an approach over centuries and decades toward explaining naturalization rates. First, it provides consistent evidence to support the long-term existence of colonizer, settler, non-colonizer, and Nordic nationality regime types that frame naturalization over centuries. Second it shows how left and green parties, along with an index of nationality laws, explain the lion's share of variation in naturalization rates. The text makes these theoretical claims believable by using the most extensive data set to date on naturalization rates that include jus soli births. It analyzes this data with a combination of carefully designed case studies comparing two to four countries within and between regime types.
Author : Frederick Douglass
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 715 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780300218305
A second volume of the collected correspondence of the great African-American reformer and abolitionist features correspondence written during the Civil War years The second collection of meticulously edited correspondence with abolitionist, author, statesman, and former slave Frederick Douglass covers the years leading up to the Civil War through the close of the conflict, offering readers an illuminating portrait of an extraordinary American and the turbulent times in which he lived. An important contribution to historical scholarship, the documents offer fascinating insights into the abolitionist movement during wartime and the author's relationship to Abraham Lincoln and other prominent figures of the era.
Author : E. Paul Yarbro
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781098025335
Individuals are not born to greatness, but through failure and defeat, they are prepared for it. Our struggles seem to define us more than our triumphs, and our character determines which path we choose. What road would General George Washington take when offered absolute power? Would Captain John Smith accept his common birth as a limitation of his own achievements? Would Abraham Lincoln demand vengeance on the South after his victory in the Civil War? What beliefs would guide their decisions, and what life experiences shaped their character? Nations as well are not born to greatness and must earn their places in history. Their trials can destroy them or make them even stronger. America was conceived in adversity and achieved greatness through the actions of its people in its darkest moments. Six stories chronicle the lives of the people who guided a nation to greatness by relying on the Christian principles of providence, divine purpose, and perseverance. God would direct their paths to victory over the dark times. From the first settlements of Jamestown and Plymouth to the Civil War, we discover that greatness rarely comes from success, but often rises out of defeat. In our weakness, we are made strong. Through the fires of struggle, individuals forged a nation into "a shining city on a hill." These fires would light the way through the dark for future generations of Americans across the world to see.
Author : Polk, James K.
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1910-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623769277
Author : Polk, James K.
Publisher : Best Books on
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1910-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781623769291
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Libraries
ISBN : UOM:39015082964969
Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
