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Loading... The Presidency of John Quincy Adamsby Mary W. M. Hargreaves
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Belongs to SeriesAmerican Presidency Series (1985)
"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."--Publisher. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)973.5History and Geography North America United States 1809-1845LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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