{"product_id":"james-k-polk-and-his-time-essays-at-the-conclusion-of-the-polk-project-hardcover","title":"James K. Polk and His Time: Essays at the Conclusion of the Polk Project - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael David Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection arose out of a 2019 conference to commemorate the completion of the fourteen- volume Correspondence of James K. Polk. Its scholarship--which pays tribute to the Polk Project itself, as well as to the controversial nature of the Polk legacy--will result in a significant reinterpretation of the eleventh US president.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include John F. Polk, who examines the ways history has mischaracterized almost the entire Polk family tree, and Kelly Houston Jones, who investigates the family's investments in slave-based agriculture. The fascinating life of Elias Polk, a man enslaved by the president, is compellingly related by Zacharie W. Kinslow. Asaf Almog analyzes the persistence of labels: Polk and fellow Democrats labeled their Whig opponents \"Federalists,\" he argues, with both rhetorical and substantive aims. Michael Gunther analyzes Polk's authorization of the Smithsonian Institution and the Department of the Interior, seemingly at odds with his devotion to small government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaken together, the twelve essays unveil a more complex James K. Polk than the narrowly focused Jackson protégé and proponent of Manifest Destiny we often hear about. He was politically partisan but inspired by history and grounded in principle. His family's long reliance on nonwhite Americans' losses of freedom and land informed his policies on slavery and Indian removal, and the nature of the legislation at hand determined when he promoted a larger or a smaller federal government. \u003ci\u003eJames K. Polk and His Time\u003c\/i\u003ehelps us to unde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL DAVID COHEN\u003c\/b\u003e is a research professor and a faculty fellow at American University. He edited three volumes of the \u003ci\u003eCorrespondence of James K. Polk\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of \u003ci\u003eReconstructing the Campus: Higher Education and the American Civil War.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.29 x 6.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43585886552199,"sku":"9781621907336","price":111.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/nMt9zWWvqq9781621907336.webp?v=1765360512","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/james-k-polk-and-his-time-essays-at-the-conclusion-of-the-polk-project-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}