Research Catalog

Title

The middle period, 1817-1858 / by John W. Burgess, Ph.D., LL.D. professor of political science and constitutional law, and dean of the faculty of political science, in Columbia University in the city of New York ; with maps.

Author

Burgess, John William, 1844-1931.

Publication

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.
• Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Company, printer.
• Matthews-Northrup Company, printer of plates.

Description

xvi, 544 p., [5] leaves of plates : col. maps; 19 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Series Statement

The American history series. [v. 4]

Uniform Title

American history series ; v. 4.

Subjects

• Inscriptions (Provenance)
• United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861
• United States > History > 1815-1861

Genre/Form

Inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• With a half-title.
• Series advertisement, verso of half-title page.
• "Copyright, 1897, by Charles Scribner's Sons."--verso of title page.
• "Trow Directory Printing and Bookbinding Company New York"--printer statement, verso of title page.
• Maps signed: The M.-N. Co. Buffalo, N.Y.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-502) and index.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink on recto of endleaf preceding half-title leaf "Bernhard M. Zuber." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

The nationalization of the old Republican Party -- The acquisition of Florida -- Slavery in the United States before 1820 -- The creation of the Commonwealth of Missouri -- The beginning of the particularistic reaction -- The presidential election of 1824 -- The division of the Republican Party -- Democratic opposition to internal improvements and protection -- The United States Bank and the presidential contest of 1832 -- Nullification -- Abolition -- The Bank, the Sub-Treasury, and party development between 1832 and 1842 -- Texas -- Oregon -- The "Re-annexation of Texas and the re-occupation of Oregon" -- The war with Mexico -- The organization of Oregon Territory and the Compromise of 1850 -- The execution of the fugitive slave law, and the election of 1852 -- The repeal of the Missouri Compromise -- The struggle for Kansas -- The Dred Scott case -- The struggle for Kansas concluded -- Appendix I. The electoral vote in detail, 1820-1856 -- Appendix II. The cabinets of Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, 1816-1858 -- Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index.

Call Number

Sc 973.5-B (Burgess, J. Middle period, 1817-1858)

LCCN

02001834

OCLC

• 367385
• NYPGR367385-B

Author

Burgess, John William, 1844-1931.

Title

The middle period, 1817-1858 / by John W. Burgess, Ph.D., LL.D. professor of political science and constitutional law, and dean of the faculty of political science, in Columbia University in the city of New York ; with maps.

Imprint

New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.

Series

The American history series. [v. 4]

American history series ; v. 4.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [497]-502) and index.

Provenance

Copy in Sc 973.5-B (accession no. B527014) inscribed: in ink on recto of endleaf preceding half-title leaf "Bernhard M. Zuber." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Added Author

Charles Scribner's Sons, publisher.

Trow Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Company, printer.

Matthews-Northrup Company, printer of plates.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 973.5-B (Burgess, J. Middle period, 1817-1858)

II (Burgess, J. W. Middle period, 1817-1858)