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Met His Every Goal?: James K. Polk and the Legends of Manifest Destiny
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Artikel-Nr:
9781621900993
Veröffentl:
2014
Erscheinungsdatum:
31.12.2014
Seiten:
0
Autor:
Tom Chaffin
Gewicht:
150 g
Format:
185x127x10 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Historian and biographer Tom Chaffin is research professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, for which he directs and edits the multi-volume series Correspondence of James K. Polk.
After winning the US presidency in 1845, according to the oft-repeated anecdote, James K. Polk slapped his thigh and predicted what would be the "four great measures” of his administration: the acquisition the Oregon Country, the acquisition of California, a reduction in tariffs, and the establishment of an independent treasury. In this eye-opening study, Tom Chaffin dispatches the thigh-slap anecdote and other misconceptions associated with Polk. In the process, he demonstrates how the "four measures” story has skewed our understanding of Polk.