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    The political Emerson : essential writings on politics and social reform / by Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882

    Published: Beacon Press, 2004
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Emerson as a political thinker -- To Martin Van Buren, president of the United States (1838) -- Man the reformer (1841) -- The times : introductory lecture (1842) -- New England reformers (1844) -- Emancipation in the British West Indies (1844) -- American slavery (1855) -- Address at the Woman's Rights Convention (1855) -- John Brown (1860) -- American civilization (1862) -- The president's proclamation (1862) -- Fortune of the republic (1863).…”
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    Martin Van Buren and the emergence of American popular politics / by Silbey, Joel H.

    Published: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002
    Table of Contents: “…The tavern keeper's son : the making of a politician, 1782-1812 -- "The partisan leader," I : master of the state, 1812-1821 -- The partisan leader," II : the senator from New York, 1821-1828 -- The seats of the mighty, 1828-1832 -- The democracy's heir apparent, 1832-1836 -- At the summit : the eighth president of the United States, 1837-1841 -- "The people could not be rallied for Van Buren" -- The partisan leader at bay, 1841-1847 -- "The most fallen man I have ever known" : the party leader becomes a political rebel--for a time, 1848-1852 -- Political afterlife, 1852-1862 -- "The honors of their statesman".…”
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