James K Polk As An Expansionist
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James K Polk And The Expansionist Impulse
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Author : Sam Walter Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Release Date : 2002
James K Polk And The Expansionist Impulse written by Sam Walter Haynes and has been published by Longman Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography of the 11th president explores the expansion of the United States during his administration and the policy known as "Manifest Destiny."
James K Polk As An Expansionist
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Author : Joe Rumsey Day
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1940
James K Polk As An Expansionist written by Joe Rumsey Day and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1940 with United States categories.
James K Polk
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Author : Chris Blubaugh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
James K Polk written by Chris Blubaugh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Presidents categories.
This thesis argues that through President James K. Polk's leadership style (micro-managing domestic/foreign issues), his understanding of bureaucracy, and dominating his Cabinet, enabled Polk to achieve what his predecessors could not. Furthermore, Polk's leadership and administrative style foreshadowed, and perhaps provided a precedent for the modern American presidency. To demonstrate Polk's leadership style, two areas must be examined. First, explain Polk's keys to success while in office, in particular his leadership style in relation to his policies. President Polk's direct involvement in domestic and foreign issues enabled him to achieve his four administrative goals: tariff reduction, creation of an Independent Treasury, settlement of the Oregon Territory between the U.S. and England, and acquiring California. For example, he pushed economic legislation in Congress (Independent Treasury), and micro-managed the Mexican War to accomplish territorial objectives. Secondly, examine the departure that President Polk made from previous administrations in regards to administrative skill. Compared to preceding administrations, President Polk was an excellent leader who firmly managed his Cabinet. He consulted his Cabinet on policy questions, but the final decision was his to make. Furthermore, he knew precisely what he wanted to accomplish as president, and he understood the political channels he needed to consult to achieve his goals.
James K Polk And The Expansionist Impulse
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Author : Sam Walter Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman
Release Date : 2006
James K Polk And The Expansionist Impulse written by Sam Walter Haynes and has been published by Addison-Wesley Longman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This biography explores the controversies, triumphs, and failures of the presidency of James K. Polk. Sam W. Haynes places Polk's expansionist agenda in both political and social contexts and examines the nature and origins of the expansionist impulse. Paperback, brief, and inexpensive, each of the titles in the Library of American Biography series focuses on a figure whose actions and ideas significantly influenced the course of American History and national life. In addition, each biography relates the life of its subject to the broader themes and developments of the times. This text incorporates the latest scholarship and draws upon the longer, far more extensive studies of Polk's life and times, but makes the story accessible to students in both survey and upper division courses in American history.
James K Polk
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Author : Thomas M. Leonard
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2001
James K Polk written by Thomas M. Leonard and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition in the history of the USA. This is an analysis of each of these expansions, showing that they were far more complex than the moral crusade that had been labelled Manifest Destiny.
A Country Of Vast Designs
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Author : Robert W. Merry
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-11-02
A Country Of Vast Designs written by Robert W. Merry and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
ROBERT MERRY’S BRILLIANT AND HIGHLY ACCLAIMED HISTORY OF A CRUCIAL EPOCH IN U.S. HISTORY. In a one-term presidency, James K. Polk completed the story of America’s Manifest Destiny—extending its territory across the continent by threatening England with war and manufacturing a controversial and unpopular two-year war with Mexico.
James K Polk Volume Ii
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Author : Charles Grier Sellers
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-12-08
James K Polk Volume Ii written by Charles Grier Sellers and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-08 with History categories.
This definitive biography of James K. Polk, the second of three projected volumes, covers the most important years of Polk's political career-from a twice-defeated gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee to dark-horse candidate for the presidency and one of the most successful first eighteen months of any American president. The months of Polk’s administration covered here contain the bulk of his expansionist program-the annexation of Texas, the settlement of the Oregon boundary with Great Britain, and the war with Mexico that led to the acquisition of California and New Mexico. This period also covers the first session of the 29th Congress, which produced under Polk’s guidance the most important domestic legislation of any Congress of the century. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
President James K Polk And The Expansion Of The United States
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Author : Michael A. Dunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
President James K Polk And The Expansion Of The United States written by Michael A. Dunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with categories.
Polk
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Author : Walter R. Borneman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-04-14
Polk written by Walter R. Borneman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Polk, Walter R. Borneman gives us the first complete and authoritative biography of a president often overshadowed in image but seldom outdone in accomplishment. James K. Polk occupied the White House for only four years, from 1845 to 1849, but he plotted and attained a formidable agenda: He fought for and won tariff reductions, reestablished an independent Treasury, and, most notably, brought Texas into the Union, bluffed Great Britain out of the lion’s share of Oregon, and wrested California and much of the Southwest from Mexico. On reflection, these successes seem even more impressive, given the contentious political environment of the time. In this unprecedented, long-overdue warts-and-all look at Polk’s life and career, we have a portrait of an expansionist president and decisive statesman who redefined the country he led, and we are reminded anew of the true meaning of presidential accomplishment and resolve.
The Presidency Of James K Polk
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Author : Paul H. Bergeron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Presidency Of James K Polk written by Paul H. Bergeron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
James K. Polk was one of the strongest and most active presidents ever to occupy the office. In the nineteenth century only Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln matched his overall leadership and domination of national government. Bergeron's crisp, insightful narrative shows how and why Polk achieved such stature and yet failed to attract the kind of popular support or retrospective recognition granted other presidential luminaries. A native of North Carolina, Polk prepared for the presidency by honing his leadership skills as a seven-term congressman, speaker of the house, and governor of Tennessee. Bergeron's summary and analysis of those years shed light on the foundations of the presidency that followed. He provides fresh new perspectives on Polk's relationship with his cabinet, his skirmishes with Congress over domestic economic legislation, and the curse of presidential patronage. But perhaps the most fascinating portions of this study are devoted to Polk's role as the western expansionist. By the end of his term, the United States had acquired enormous territories in the Southwest and far West. Bergeron demonstrates that Polk adroitly used both war and diplomacy to acquire and protect these lands. When the annexation of Texas led to the outbreak of war with Mexico, Polk was forced to become commander-in-chief of the American forces. In contrast, the potentially explosive dispute with Great Britain over Oregon's borders was settled through purely diplomatic means. Norman A. Graebner, in America's Top Ten Presidents, declares, "Polk's achievements in diplomacy were among the most remarkable in American history." Drawing upon a careful review of the extensive literature on our eleventh president, as well as Polk's personal diary, Bergeron has written a significant and balanced reassessment of the Polk presidency. In the process, he has also created a revealing portrait of a complex man who led the nation with imperial determination tempered with compassion, generosity, and even humor.