The Presidency of John Quincy Adams (Hardcover)

Historians have not been generous in judging the presidency of John Quincy Adams. Those who have most conspicuously upheld Adams's fame have, at the same time, virtually ignored his service in the White House. Critics, on the other hand, have described his administration as a failure, founded upon "bargain and corruption" and marked by exclusion of the United States from the British West Indian trade, the ineffectiveness of its efforts to promote strong Pan-American relationships, and the enactment of the "tariff of abominations." Some analysts have even argued that it generated the sectionalism which terminated the "Era of Good Feelings."

Mary Hargreaves contends, instead, that the basic effort of Adams's presidency was to harmonize divergent sectional interests. To ignore the Adams administration's commitment to nationalism, she argues, is to overlook a fundamental stage in the establishment of the federal government as guardian of the general interest.

The volume contains new information on the development of United States commercial policy, the nation's early relationships with Latin America, and difficulties of local and regional adjustment to the growth of the national economy. It will be of keen interest to all students of the economic and political history of the early national period.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Kansas
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	American Presidency Series
Release date:	November 1985
First published:	November 1985
Authors:	Mary W.M. Hargreaves
Dimensions:	237 x 153 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-7006-0272-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Promotions
LSN:	0-7006-0272-0
Barcode:	9780700602728

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