UID:
almafu_9960962806902883
Format:
1 online resource (273 p.)
ISBN:
0-7391-7273-5
Content:
〈span〉〈span〉〈span style=""font-style:italic;""〉An Exemplary Whig〈/span〉〈span〉 examines the life and thought of Edward Kent, a nineteenth-century state political leader and judge and Maine''s quintessential Whig. It reveals Kent''s characteristically conservative Whig aversion toward disorder and his deep respect for law, existing institutions, and the wisdom of experience. David Gold shows how Kent carried the Whig persuasion into the Republican ascendancy and the beginnings of the Gilded Age.〈/span〉〈/span〉〈br /〉〈span〉〈span〉 〈/span〉〈/span〉〈/span〉
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
An Exemplary Whig; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Citations; Introduction; 1 Education in Federalism; 2 National Republican Legislator; 3 Mayor of Bangor; 4 Hell-Bent for Kent; 5 ""The True End of Government""; 6 Running the Line; 7 Negotiating the Northeastern Boundary; 8 For Taylor and the Union; 9 Consul in Rio; 10 The Unholy Traffic; 11 The Demise of the Whigs; 12 The Rise of the Republicans; 13 A Republican on the Bench; 14 The Jurisprudence of Common Sense; 15 The Last Whig; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-322-15887-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7391-7272-7
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
;
Electronic books.
