Henry Clay and the American System [electronic resource] / Maurice G. Baxter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baxter, Maurice G. (Maurice Glen), 1920-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

United States.

United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.

United States--Economic policy--To 1933.

Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.

Clay, Henry.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System -- a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects of what was perhaps Clay's greatest contribution to national policy, a contribution that has received surprisingly little study until now.During the first half of the nineteenth century the new United States experienced rapid material growth, transforming a largely agrarian, pre-modern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as founder of the Whig party

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Jeffersonian Nationalist; 2 The American System; 3 Postwar Issues; 4 Secretary of State; 5 Nullification; 6 The Bank War; 7 Internal Improvements; 8 Jacksonian Ascendancy; 9 Financial Problems; 10 Log Cabin; 11 Veto; 12 Limited Success; 13 Disappointments; 14 Retrospect; Appendix; Notes; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-246) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-3163-4

0-8131-9112-2

0-8131-4859-6

OCLC:

603859610