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James K. Polk and his time : essays at the conclusion of the Polk Project / edited by Michael David Cohen.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- James K. Polk and His Time: A Conference Finale to the Polk Project (2019 : Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849--Congresses.
- Polk, James K.
- Polk family--Congresses.
- Polk family.
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849--Relations with slaves--Congresses.
- United States--Politics and government--1845-1849--Congresses.
- United States.
- Presidents--United States--History--19th century--Congresses.
- Presidents.
- Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849.
- Politics and government.
- Relations with slaves.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Essays at the conclusion of the Polk Project
- Place of Publication:
- Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This multiauthor volume arose out of an April 2019 James K. Polk conference, sponsored by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's History Department and meant, in part, to commemorate the concluded Polk Papers project. The twelve chapters, all relying on primary research found in the fourteen-volume Correspondence of James K. Polk, provide a range of topics that will result in a significant reinterpretation of this controversial president. Among the many issues discussed are Polk's genealogy, his family's views on slavery, his ruptured relationship with Martin Van Buren, the influence of the Jacksonian religion on his thinking, and new perspectives on the Mexican War"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Polk Families, White and Black
- Re-examining the Ancestry of President James K. Polk / John F. Polk
- Manifest Destiny's Prehistory: The Polk Family's Colonization of Indigenous Lands in Early Tennessee / Lucas P. Kelley
- The Polks and the Business of Slavery in the Old Southwest / Kelly Houston Jones
- "Live with Your Head in the Lion's Mouth": Elias Polk and the Complexity of Nineteenth-Century Southern Race Relations / Zacharie W. Kinslow
- pt. 2 Political Influences on Polk
- "It Has Caused Me Considerable Embarrassment and Not a Little Pain": The Ruptured Relationship of Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk / Mark R. Cheathem
- Young Hickory's Apprenticeship: James K. Polk in the Bank War / Thomas Coens
- "The Whigs Generally Are Obliged to Be More Covert in Their Thwarting Schemes": The Shadow of the Federalist Party and Democratic Political Culture in Polk's Correspondence / Asaf Almog
- pt. 3 Polk as Policymaker and Commander in Chief
- "The Capacity of Republican Governments": James K. Polk and the Presidency during the Mexican War / Alexander V. Marriott
- "It Is Not on Such Principles that Any Army in the World Is Raised": John Reynolds, President Polk, and the Professionalism of the US Army Junior Officer Corps in the Mexican-American War / Mitchell G. Klingenberg
- Environmental Footprints in President Polk's Thickly Forested Interior / Michael Gunther
- Federal Mining Policy in James K. Polk's America: National Authority, Small Government, and the Public Lands, 1807
- 1872 / Patrick Allan Pospisek.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: James K. Polk and his time
- ISBN:
- 9781621907336
- 1621907333
- OCLC:
- 1302332896
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