Isbn: 9780805073270 - a perfect union: dolley madison and the creation of the american nation (18 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Delightful and discerning . . . In this evocative study a remarkable woman, creator of the 'first lady' role, comes vividly to life.--The New York TimesWhen the roar of the Revolution had finally died down, a new generation of politicians was summoned to the Potomac to assemble the nation's capital. Into that unsteady atmosphere--which would soon enough erupt into another conflict with Britain--Dolley Madison arrived, alongside her husband, James. Within a few years, she had mastered both the social and political intricacies of the city, and by her death in 1849 was the most celebrated person in Washington. And yet, to most Americans, she's best known for saving a portrait from the burning White House. Why did her contemporaries so admire a lady so little known today? In A Perfect Union, acclaimed historian Catherine Allgor reveals how Dolley manipulated the contstraints of her gender to construct an American democratic ruling style and to achieve her husband's political goals. By emphasizing cooperation over coercion--building bridges instead of bunkers--she left us with not only an important story about our past but a model for a modern form of politics.…

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hardcover. Zustand: very good. very good(+). Illustrated in black and white. x, 493 pages. 8vo, two-toned cloth, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2006). Binding cocked, still very good in a very good(+) dust wrapper.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. First Edition,Second Printing. Not price-clipped ($30.00 price intact). Published by Henry Holt, 2006. Octavo. Black cloth over black boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; PO tape partially removed on flyleaf, library sticker on back FL. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket has light shelf wear. 493 pages. ISBN: 9780805073270. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell. …

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Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. x, [4], 493, [5] pages. Illustrated endpaper. Illustrations. Notes. Index. Catherine Allgor (born 26 November 1958) is an American historian and bestselling author. She specializes in biographies of American First Ladies. Allgor is a professor of history at UC Riverside. She has also taught at Claremont McKenna College, Harvard University, and Simmons College. She has served as President of Massachusetts Historical Society. Allgor has also served as the Nadine and Robert Skotheim Director of Education at the Huntington Library. She is a leading historian and has created and taught numerous courses in women's history, American history, history of race, slavery, and political history at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. She is known for her scholarly work on Dolley Madison and Louisa Catherine Adams, among others. Her political biography, A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation, was a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize. Derived from a Kirkus review: It's not a stretch to consider Dolley Madison the perfect First Lady. As Allgor details, Dolley and James Madison certainly enjoyed an uncommonly good partnership. He was 43 and she 25 when they married. Dolley was a master of practical diplomacy. She put her skills to work early on, when James became Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state. One of the more newsworthy aspects of this book is its revelation of Jefferson's misogyny and poor manners, which resulted in more than one diplomatic flap. So skillful was Dolley at repairing some of the damage Jefferson did that she even managed to fly under his radar, even as he sternly condemned other women active in Washington politics. Dolley also forged a diplomacy of the dining-room table that brought together feuding Federalists and Republicans. So it was when she became First Lady, taking charge of making a White House worthy of the name, soon to be burned by the British in the War of 1812, in which she emerged as a national hero. Allgor also credits Dolley with skillful campaigning that saved her husband's bid for reelection in 1812. A welcome life of a woman who deserves greater representation in history books. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Raquel Jaramillo (Jacket design) (illustrator).…

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