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Author Belko, W. Stephen, 1967-

Title The invincible Duff Green : Whig of the West / W. Stephen Belko.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 483 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-472) and index.
Summary "Drawing on previously unexploited primary sources, Belko illuminates the wide-ranging influence of Duff Green as land speculator, entrepreneur, lawyer, militia officer, politician, and newspaper editor. Disputing common assumption, Green is portrayed as a political moderate and independent westerner who played a fundamental role in the shaping of Jacksonian America"--Provided by publisher.
Contents Nascent Jacksonian: ancestry, Kentucky days, and the emergence of a western democrat -- I: The making of a Jacksonian: Missouri years (1816-1826) -- Land speculator, lawyer, merchant, and general -- politics and panic -- New pursuits and a new career -- II: the election of 1828: Jacksonian partisan -- Ideology, party system, and party press -- Defense of Jackson, attack on the coalition and the corrupt bargain -- The Calhoun factor -- The issues: tariff, internal improvements, and slavery -- Victory! -- III: Jackson's first administration (1829-1833): Jacksonian apostate -- Appointments and patronage -- The rise of the globe -- The Jackson-Calhoun correspondence -- The Eaton affairs -- The election of 1832 -- IV: Jackson's second administration (1833-1837): Jacksonian adversary -- The nullification crisis -- The bank war -- Slavery -- V: Defeat, dejection, and diversions: Jacksonian American -- The printing business -- The election of 1836 -- New pursuits -- VI: Agent of Manifest destiny: Jacksonian expansionist -- England -- England and Texas -- England, Texas, and Mexico -- Little hickory's wars -- Jacksonian capitalist and territorial expansion -- The last years of a Jacksonian American.
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Subject Green, Duff, 1791-1875.
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845.
Whig Party (U.S.) -- Biography.
Whig Party (U.S.)
Green, Duff, 1791-1875. (OCoLC)fst00195401
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845. (OCoLC)fst00040485
Whig Party (U.S.) (OCoLC)fst00513177
Green, Duff.
Whigs (USA)
Politicians -- United States -- Biography.
Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
Legislators -- Missouri -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Missouri -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.
Politicians -- United States.
Political consultants -- United States.
Journalists -- United States.
Businessmen -- United States.
Legislators -- Missouri.
Lawyers -- Missouri.
HISTORY.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
Businessmen. (OCoLC)fst00842951
Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
Lawyers. (OCoLC)fst00994346
Legislators. (OCoLC)fst00995828
Political consultants. (OCoLC)fst01069231
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Politicians. (OCoLC)fst01069915
Missouri. (OCoLC)fst01204724
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1815-1861
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form: Print version: Belko, W. Stephen, 1967- Invincible Duff Green. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2005032841
ISBN 9780826265128 (electronic bk.)
082626512X (electronic bk.)
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