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Gallatin : America's Swiss founding father / Nicholas Dungan.
LIBRA E302.6.G16 D86 2010
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dungan, Nicholas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849.
- Gallatin, Albert.
- Statesmen--United States--Biography.
- Statesmen.
- United States.
- Geneva (Switzerland)--Biography.
- Geneva (Switzerland).
- Swiss Americans--Biography.
- Swiss Americans.
- United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 193 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Getting to know Gallatin
- A son of Geneva 1761-1780
- American beginnings 1780-1793
- The Senate and the House 1793-1801
- Jefferson's Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-1809
- Madison's Secretary of the Treasury, 1809-1813
- The debut of a diplomatist, 1813-1815
- American minister to France, 1816-1823
- Searching for stability, 1823-1829
- The capstones of a career, 1830-1849
- Conclusion: Gauging Gallatin's greatness.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-182) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780814721117
- 0814721117
- OCLC:
- 627701106
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