Author: H. Niles,EditorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Niles' Weekly Register from March to September,1822-VOL.XXII or Volume X-New Series
Niles' Weekly Register
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Containing political, historical, geographical, scientifical, statistical, economical, and biographical documents, essays and facts: together with notices of the arts and manu factures, and a record of the events of the times.
Niles' Weekly Register ...
Author: Hezekiah NilesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The First American Political Conventions
Author: Stan M. HaynesPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786490306
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For almost two centuries, Americans have relied upon political conventions to provide the nation with new leadership. The modern convention, a four-day, carefully choreographed, prime-time television event designed to portray the party and its candidate in the most favorable light, continues many of the traditions and rules developed during the first conventions in the mid-19th century. This study analyzes the birth of the convention process in the 1830s and follows its development over 40 years, chronicling each of the presidential elections between 1832 and 1872, the leading candidates, and an analysis of the key issues, and memorable speeches and events on the convention floor. Other topics include back-room deal making, "dark horse" candidacies, meeting halls, parades, rallies, and other accompanying hoopla. This volume reveals the origins of a quintessentially American spectacle and sheds new light on an understudied aspect of the nation's political past.
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Author: Hezekiah NilesNat Turner's Slave Rebellion
Author: Herbert ApthekerPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486137309
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
First full-length study of the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history explores the nature of Southern society in the early 19th century and the conditions that led to the rebellion. The inspiration for the acclaimed 2016 movie Birth of a Nation.
Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1
Author: David W. BradyPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804778922
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
In recent decades, political scientists have produced an enormous body of scholarship dealing with the U.S. Congress, and in particular congressional organization. However, most of this research has focused on Congress in the twentieth century—especially the post-New Deal era—and the long history of Congress has been largely neglected. The contributors to this book demonstrate that this inattention to congressional history has denied us many rich opportunities to more fully understand the evolution and functioning of the modern Congress. In striking contrast to the modern era, which is marked by only modest partisan realignment and institutional change, the period preceding the New Deal was a time of rapid and substantial change in Congress. During the nation’s first 150 years, parties emerged, developed, and realigned; the standing rules of the House and Senate expanded and underwent profound changes; the workload of Congress increased dramatically; and both houses grew considerably in size. Studying history is valuable in large part because it allows scholars to observe greater variation in many of the parameters of their theories, and to test their core assumptions. A historical approach pushes scholars to recognize and confront the limits of their theories, resulting in theories that have increased validity and broader applicability. Thus, incorporating history into political science gives us a more dynamic view of Congress than the relatively static picture that emerges from a strict focus on recent periods. Each contributor engages one of three general questions that have animated the literature on congressional politics in recent years: What is the role of party organizations in policy making? In what ways have congressional process and procedure changed over the years? How does congressional process and procedure affect congressional politics and policy?
The History of New England: New England in the Republic, 1776-1850
Author: James Truslow AdamsPublisher:
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Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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The History of New England
Author: James Truslow AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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