Martin Van Buren

by Jerome Mushkat and Joseph Rayback

Book Overview

In 1828, Martin Van Buren discontinued his profession as a lawyer to become a full-time politician, yet his formative years as an attorney provided the critical ideological basis for his presidency. Mushkat and Rayback offer the first historical investigation of the nature, scope, and significance of Van Buren's legal practice as they trace the development of his republican ideology.

Rather than a static set of immutable values and imperatives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087580229X
• ISBN13: 9780875802299
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher