Martin Van Buren : America's First Politician by James M. Bradley (2024, Hardcover)

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In Washington, word spread that Van Burenwas heading South, but only a handful of people knew what lay behind his trip. It was a presidential election year, and several high-profile politicians were seeking the office.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100190920521

ISBN-139780190920524

eBay Product ID (ePID)18065564361

Product Key Features

Book TitleMartin Van Buren : America's First Politician

Number of Pages632 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicUnited States / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorJames M. Bradley

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight38.6 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2024-044417

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Engaging and careful... [I]n facilitating the rise of [a] new democratic order, Van Buren defined his age and created our own, as Bradley's biography dutifully shows." -- Adam Rowe, Wall Street Journal"...a deeply researched and well-written biography of our eighth president..." -- Washington Independent Review of Books"A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal"...a lively and illuminating biography of our eighth president." -- Smithsonian Magazine"Van Buren's story, masterfully recounted by Bradley, serves as a sobering reminder that the dream of simplistic, conflict-free politics is an illusion." -- Law & Liberty"...this is easily the best biography about Martin Van Buren ever written..." -- Garion Frankel, The Independent, "Engaging and careful... [I]n facilitating the rise of [a] new democratic order, Van Buren defined his age and created our own, as Bradley's biography dutifully shows." -- Adam Rowe, Wall Street Journal"...a deeply researched and well-written biography of our eighth president..." -- Washington Independent Review of Books"A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal"...a lively and illuminating biography of our eighth president." -- Smithsonian Magazine"Van Buren's story, masterfully recounted by Bradley, serves as a sobering reminder that the dream of simplistic, conflict-free politics is an illusion." -- Law & Liberty, "A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal, "Engaging and careful... [I]n facilitating the rise of [a] new democratic order, Van Buren defined his age and created our own, as Bradley's biography dutifully shows." -- Adam Rowe, Wall Street Journal"...a deeply researched and well-written biography of our eighth president..." -- Washington Independent Review of Books"A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal, "Engaging and careful... [I]n facilitating the rise of [a] new democratic order, Van Buren defined his age and created our own, as Bradley's biography dutifully shows." -- Adam Rowe, Wall Street Journal"A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal, "Engaging and careful... [I]n facilitating the rise of [a] new democratic order, Van Buren defined his age and created our own, as Bradley's biography dutifully shows." -- Adam Rowe, Wall Street Journal"...a deeply researched and well-written biography of our eighth president..." -- Washington Independent Review of Books"A gem for students of U.S. history and politics." -- Kirkus"Strongly recommended for readers who love history. Bradley is scrupulously fair in his judgment of Van Buren." -- Library Journal"...a lively and illuminating biography of our eighth president." -- Smithsonian Magazine

Dewey Decimal973.57092

Table Of ContentIntroduction: A New Political Era Part 1: The Making of a Politician, 1782-1815 1. Aristos and Demos 2. The World of Aaron Burr 3. That Little Imp of Jacobinism 4. The Luck of War Part 2: The Fight for New York, 1815-1828 5. Kick or be Kicked 6. Plucking Mr. Clinton's Sting 7. The Goodly Boat 8. The Malcontents Part 3: The Years of Andrew Jackson, 1828-1837 9. Electioneering 10. The Master Mover 11. A Killing Off in the Public Mind 12. A Sound Beating 13. Caution 14. The Successor Part 4: The Presidency, 1837-1841 15. Hard Times 16. Rebels and Borders 17. The Dereliction of Faith and Virtue 18. We Have Taught Them How to Conquer Us Part 5: The Fall From Power: 1841-1862 19. The Comeback 20. Polk's Betrayal 21. The Last Stand 22. A Pretense of Happiness

SynopsisA new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power.Martin Van Buren was one of the most remarkable politicians not only of his time but in American presidential history. The principal architect of the party system and one of the founders of the Democratic Party, he came to dominate New York-then the most influential state in the Union-and was instrumental in electing Andrew Jackson president. Van Buren's skills as a political strategist were unparalleled (he was known as the "Little Magician"), winning him a series of high-profile offices: US senator, New York's governor, US secretary of state, US vice president, and finally the White House. In his rise to power, Van Buren sought consensus and conciliation, bending to the wishes of slave interests and complicit in the dispossession of America's Indigenous population--two of the darkest chapters in American history.This new biography of Van Buren -- the first full-scale portrait in four decades -- charts his ascent from a tavern in the Hudson Valley to the presidency, concluding with his late-career involvement in an antislavery movement. Offering vivid profiles of the day's leading figures (Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, DeWitt Clinton, James K. Polk), James Bradley's book depicts the struggle for power in the tumultuous decades leading up to the Civil War., A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper's son to the pinnacle of power.

LC Classification NumberE387.B73 2024