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Martin van Buren and the American Political System
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2014
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Donald Cole analyzes the political skills that brought Van Buren the nickname Little Magician," describing how he built the Albany Regency (which became a model for political party machines) and how he created the Democratic party of Andrew Jackson.
Originally published in 1984.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Illustrations
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Preface
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List of Abbreviations in Footnotes
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Introduction
1 - I. New York Politician 1782-1821
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1. A Republican In A Federalist World
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2. Principles and Party
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3. The Albany Regency
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4. Reviving the old Contest
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5. Planters and Plain Republicans
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6. The Magician and old Hickory
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7. Tranquillity In England
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8. The Bank and the Tariff
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9. Jacksonian Democracy in the Election of 1836
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10. Responding to the Panic
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11. The Independent Treasury
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12. The End of the Magic
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13. New Principles
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14. Free Soil
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
Jacksonian democracy; Whigs (British political party); Slavery; Politician; Martin Van Buren; Legislature; Benjamin Butler (politician); Electoral College (United States); Tariff; Political party; Bucktails; Silas Wright; Albany Regency; John C. Calhoun; DeWitt Clinton; James K. Polk; William L. Marcy; Clintonian; United States Bill of Rights; Thomas Hart Benton (politician); Clintonism; National Republican Party; American Protective Association; Democracy in America; United States presidential election; 1840; Political machine; United States presidential election; 1836; Samuel J. Tilden; Whig Party (United States); Anti-Masonic Party; Thomas Jefferson; Free Soil Party; Border states (American Civil War); State bank; Aaron Burr; Tories (British political party); Presidency of Andrew Jackson; United States presidential election; 1860; Political history; American nationalism; Thurlow Weed; Political parties in the United States; Nomination; American Anti-Slavery Society; Franklin Pierce; Politics; The Congressman; Caucus; Hartford Convention; John Adams Dix; United States presidential election; 1832; United States presidential election; 1828; Harrison Gray Otis (politician); American Historical Association; Popular sovereignty; Voting; Postmaster General; Stephen A. Douglas; Abraham Van Buren; Term limits in the United States; William Jennings Bryan; Tammany Hall; John Quincy Adams; Louis McLane; Jeffersonian democracy; Levi Woodbury; Republicanism; Radicalism (historical); Battle of Tippecanoe; American frontier
Audience(s) for this book
For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research
