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- catalog abstract "This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American system - a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government intervention - reveals the important economic 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, premodern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as a founder of the Whig party, Clay argued strongly for the development of a home market for domestic goods so that Americans would not be dependent on foreign imports. This "American System" was originally little more than a protective tariff on foreign goods, but it soon came to encompass a collection of policies that included a national banking system and distribution of federal funds to improve transportation. Baxter reveals the inner workings of Clay's program and offers the first careful analysis of its successes and failures.".
- catalog contributor b8263355.
- catalog coverage "United States Economic conditions To 1865.".
- catalog coverage "United States Economic policy To 1933.".
- catalog coverage "United States Politics and government 1815-1861.".
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-246) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface -- Jeffersonian nationalist -- The American system -- Postwar issues -- Secretary of State -- Nullification -- The bank war -- Internal improvements -- Jacksonian ascendancy -- Financial problems -- Log cabin -- Veto -- Limited success -- Disappointments -- Retrospect.".
- catalog description "This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American system - a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government intervention - reveals the important economic 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, premodern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as a founder of the Whig party, Clay argued strongly for the development of a home market for domestic goods so that Americans would not be dependent on foreign imports. This "American System" was originally little more than a protective tariff on foreign goods, but it soon came to encompass a collection of policies that included a national banking system and distribution of federal funds to improve transportation. Baxter reveals the inner workings of Clay's program and offers the first careful analysis of its successes and failures.".
- catalog extent "261 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Henry Clay and the American system.".
- catalog identifier "0813119197 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Henry Clay and the American system.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky,".
- catalog relation "Henry Clay and the American system.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic conditions To 1865.".
- catalog spatial "United States Economic policy To 1933.".
- catalog spatial "United States Politics and government 1815-1861.".
- catalog subject "973.6/3/092 B 20".
- catalog subject "Clay, Henry, 1777-1852.".
- catalog subject "E340.C6 B39 1995".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- Jeffersonian nationalist -- The American system -- Postwar issues -- Secretary of State -- Nullification -- The bank war -- Internal improvements -- Jacksonian ascendancy -- Financial problems -- Log cabin -- Veto -- Limited success -- Disappointments -- Retrospect.".
- catalog title "Henry Clay and the American system / Maurice G. Baxter.".
- catalog type "text".