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- catalog abstract "The Birth of Empire chronicles not only the life of an important political leader but the accomplishments that underlay his success. As mayor of New York City, for example, Clinton was instrumental in the founding of the public-school system. He sponsored countless measures to promote cultural enrichment as well as educational opportunities for New Yorkers, and helped to establish and lead such institutions as the New-York Historical Society, the American Academy of the Arts, and the Literary and Philosophical Society. As shown here, Clinton's career was marked by frequent attempts to integrate his cultural and scientific interests into his identity as a politician, thus projecting the image of a man of wide learning and broad vision, a scholar-statesman of the new republic. Ironically, the political innovations which Clinton set in motion - the refinement of patronage and the spoils system, appeals to immigrant voters, and the professionalization of politics - were precisely what led to the extinction of the scholar-statesman's natural habitat. DeWitt Clinton was born into the aristocratic culture of the eighteenth century, yet his achievements and ideas crucially influenced (in ways he did not always anticipate) the growth of the mass society of the nineteenth century.".
- catalog contributor b10903012.
- catalog coverage "Erie Canal (N.Y.) History.".
- catalog coverage "New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1783-1865.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Gentlemen of New York -- Political Apprentice -- Political Journeyman -- Clintonians and Burrites -- Mayor Clinton -- Clintonian Culture -- Clintonians and Quids -- New York and the Nation -- Launching the Canal -- Clintonian Intellect -- The Governor -- Resurrection -- The Canal and Its Consequences -- End of a Career.".
- catalog description "The Birth of Empire chronicles not only the life of an important political leader but the accomplishments that underlay his success. As mayor of New York City, for example, Clinton was instrumental in the founding of the public-school system. He sponsored countless measures to promote cultural enrichment as well as educational opportunities for New Yorkers, and helped to establish and lead such institutions as the New-York Historical Society, the American Academy of the Arts, and the Literary and Philosophical Society. As shown here, Clinton's career was marked by frequent attempts to integrate his cultural and scientific interests into his identity as a politician, thus projecting the image of a man of wide learning and broad vision, a scholar-statesman of the new republic. Ironically, the political innovations which Clinton set in motion - the refinement of patronage and the spoils system, appeals to immigrant voters, and the professionalization of politics - were precisely what led to the extinction of the scholar-statesman's natural habitat. DeWitt Clinton was born into the aristocratic culture of the eighteenth century, yet his achievements and ideas crucially influenced (in ways he did not always anticipate) the growth of the mass society of the nineteenth century.".
- catalog extent "x, 224 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195119495 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Erie Canal (N.Y.) History.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State)".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1783-1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "974.7/03/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Clinton, DeWitt, 1769-1828.".
- catalog subject "E340.C65 C74 1998".
- catalog subject "Governors New York (State) Biography.".
- catalog subject "Legislators United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mayors New York (State) New York Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress. Senate Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Gentlemen of New York -- Political Apprentice -- Political Journeyman -- Clintonians and Burrites -- Mayor Clinton -- Clintonian Culture -- Clintonians and Quids -- New York and the Nation -- Launching the Canal -- Clintonian Intellect -- The Governor -- Resurrection -- The Canal and Its Consequences -- End of a Career.".
- catalog title "The birth of empire : DeWitt Clinton and the American experience, 1769-1828 / Evan Cornog.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".