Henry Clay and the American System

by Maurice G. Baxter

Book Overview

This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System -- a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects of what was perhaps Clay's greatest contribution to national policy, a contribution that has received surprisingly little study until now. During the first half of the nineteenth century the new United States experienced rapid material growth, transforming a largely agrarian, pre-modern economy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813191122
• ISBN13: 9780813191126
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher