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American Heretic

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An edition of Calhoun (2021)

Calhoun

American Heretic

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A social and political biography of John C. Calhoun, a vice president, cabinet officer and senator from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
464

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Subjects

constitutionalism, free trade, nullification, politics, slavery, tariffs, New York Times reviewed, Calhoun, john c. (john caldwell), 1782-1850, Legislators, united states, Vice-presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, Legislators, Biography, Vice-Presidents, Politics and government

People

Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren

Places

South Carolina, Washington D.C.

Times

1800-1850
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First Sentence

"By his own interpretation of its history, John C. Calhoun was obrn before the Union."

Table of Contents

Preface
Page xi
1. The People with No Name
Page 1
2. Educations
Page 21
3. The Science of Law
Page 44
4. "I Am Your True Lover, John C. Calhoun"
Page 61
5. "The Road That All Great Nations Have Trod"
Page 83
6. "The Great Gun of the Party"
Page 99
7. "Let Us Conquer Space"
Page 123
8. Secretary of Improvement and Empire
Page 151
9. "To the Western Confines of the Continent"
Page 174
10. "I Am with the People, ad Shall Remain So"
Page 198
11. "The Impression, That I Acted Under the Force of Destiny"
Page 218
12. "There Shall Be at Least One Free State"
Page 253
13. "I Think, I See My Way Clearly on the Slave Question"
Page 291
14. "It I(s Our Thermopylae"
Page 317
15. "Dangerous and Despotic Doctrines"
Page 344
16. "Thou Art the Man"
Page 412
18. "Ours Is the Government of the White Man"
Page 440
19. The Pillar of Fire
Page 477
Epilogue
Page 525
Acknowledgments
Page 547
Notes
Page 551
Index
Page 623

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
2021

Classifications

Library of Congress
E340.C15, E340.C15 E45 2021

The Physical Object

Format
hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 640p
Number of pages
464
Weight
972 grams

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL29502366M
ISBN 13
9780465096442
LCCN
2020947717
OCLC/WorldCat
1224586381

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL21686892W

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