De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men
Title | De Witt Clinton and the Rise of the People's Men PDF eBook |
Author | Craig Hanyan |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780773514348 |
In 1824 the People's party, the first popular reform movement in the American republic, elected most of its candidates for the Senate and Assembly of New York, the new nation's most populous state. Craig Hanyan and Mary Hanyan examine the development of this influential movement and the role of De Witt Clinton, its chief beneficiary.
The Birth of Empire
Title | The Birth of Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Evan Cornog |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Erie Canal (N.Y.) |
ISBN | 9780195140514 |
"As mayor, governor, and senator, and as father of the Erie Canal and a dozen other major institutions and initiatives, DeWitt Clinton is arguably the most important person ever to lead the Empire City and the Empire State. His is a grand story, and in Evan Cornog he has found a grand biographer."--Kenneth T. Jackson, Columbia University
What Hath God Wrought
Title | What Hath God Wrought PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Walker Howe |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 925 |
Release | 2007-10-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195078942 |
A panoramic history of the United States ranges from the 1815 Battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, interweaving political and military events with social, economic, and cultural history.
New York State: Peoples, Places, and Priorities
Title | New York State: Peoples, Places, and Priorities PDF eBook |
Author | Joanne Reitano |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 316 |
Release | 2015-08-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 113669997X |
The state of New York is virtually a nation unto itself. Long one of the most populous states and home of the country’s most dynamic city, New York is geographically strategic, economically prominent, socially diverse, culturally innovative, and politically influential. These characteristics have made New York distinctive in our nation’s history. In New York State: Peoples, Places, and Priorities, Joanne Reitano brings the history of this great state alive for readers. Clear and accessible, the book features: Primary documents and illustrations in each chapter, encouraging engagement with historical sources and issues Timelines for every chapter, along with lists of recommended reading and websites Themes of labor, liberty, lifestyles, land, and leadership running throughout the text Coverage from the colonial period up through the present day, including the Great Recession and Andrew Cuomo’s governorship Highly readable and up-to-date, New York State: Peoples, Places, and Priorities is a vital resource for anyone studying, teaching, or just interested in the history of the Empire State.
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Title | The Oxford Companion to United States History PDF eBook |
Author | Paul S. Boyer |
Publisher | |
Pages | 985 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | United States |
ISBN | 0195082095 |
In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic
Title | Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas H. Cox |
Publisher | Ohio University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 2009-08-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 082144333X |
Gibbons v. Ogden, Law, and Society in the Early Republic examines a landmark decision in American jurisprudence, the first Supreme Court case to deal with the thorny legal issue of interstate commerce. Decided in 1824, Gibbons v. Ogden arose out of litigation between owners of rival steamboat lines over passenger and freight routes between the neighboring states of New York and New Jersey. But what began as a local dispute over the right to ferry the paying public from the New Jersey shore to New York City soon found its way into John Marshall’s court and constitutional history. The case is consistently ranked as one of the twenty most significant Supreme Court decisions and is still taught in constitutional law courses, cited in state and federal cases, and quoted in articles on constitutional, business, and technological history. Gibbons v. Ogden initially attracted enormous public attention because it involved the development of a new and sensational form of technology. To early Americans, steamboats were floating symbols of progress—cheaper and quicker transportation that could bring goods to market and refinement to the backcountry. A product of the rough-and-tumble world of nascent capitalism and legal innovation, the case became a landmark decision that established the supremacy of federal regulation of interstate trade, curtailed states’ rights, and promoted a national market economy. The case has been invoked by prohibitionists, New Dealers, civil rights activists, and social conservatives alike in debates over federal regulation of issues ranging from labor standards to gun control. This lively study fills in the social and political context in which the case was decided—the colorful and fascinating personalities, the entrepreneurial spirit of the early republic, and the technological breakthroughs that brought modernity to the masses.
Education and the Creation of Capital in the Early American Republic
Title | Education and the Creation of Capital in the Early American Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Beadie |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2010-07-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0521196280 |
This book argues that schools were a driving force in the formation of social, political, and financial capital during the market revolution and capitalist transition of the early republican era. Grounded in an intensive study of schooling in the Genesee Valley region of upstate New York, it traces early sources of funding and support for education (including common schools and various forms of higher schooling) to their roots in different social and economic networks and trade and credit relations. It then interprets that story in the context of other major developments in early American social, political, and economic history, such as the shift from agricultural to non-agricultural production, the integration of rural economies into translocal capitalist markets, the organization of the Second Great Awakening, the transformation of patriarchy, the expansion of white male suffrage, the emergence of the Secondary American Party System, and the formation of the modern liberal state.