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James K. Polk and the expansionist impulse / Sam W. Haynes ; edited by Oscar Handlin.
LIBRA E417 .H39 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Haynes, Sam W. (Sam Walter), 1956-
- Series:
- Library of American biography (New York, N.Y.)
- Library of American biography
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
- Polk, James K.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1845-1849.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Territorial expansion.
- Territorial expansion.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 232 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 20 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Longman, [2002]
- Summary:
- This biography explores the controversies, triumphs, and failures of the presidency of James K. Polk. In this book, Sam W. Haynes places Polk's expansionist agenda in both political and social contexts and examines the nature and origins of the expansionist impulse. For anyone interested in American history, Jacksonian America, or the Presidency of James K. Polk.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0321087984
- OCLC:
- 46321011
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