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  • This definitive biography of James K. Polk the second of three projected volum... This definitive biography of James K. Polk the second of three projected volumes covers the most important years of Polk s political career-from a twice-defeated gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee to dark-horse candidate for the presidency and one... more
  • This definitive biography of James K. Polk the second of three projected volum... This definitive biography of James K. Polk the second of three projected volumes covers the most important years of Polk s political career-from a twice-defeated gubernatorial candidate in Tennessee to dark-horse candidate for the presidency and one... more
  • This full account is of Polk s important pre-presidential career. Since Polk w... This full account is of Polk s important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of... more
  • This full account is of Polk s important pre-presidential career. Since Polk w... This full account is of Polk s important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day-the rise of popular democracy the conflicts over the national bank and other crucial issues of... more
  • The eleventh volume of the Correspondence of James K. Polk contains some of th... The eleventh volume of the Correspondence of James K. Polk contains some of the most consequential and interesting material in the series. Failure to restore diplomatic relations with Mexico the advent of the Mexican-American war British... more
  • In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk s correspondence shifted from tho... In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk s correspondence shifted from those issues relating to the formation of his administration and distribution of part patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the... more
  • Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the J... Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the James K. Polk Project sought to locate all extant letters by or to the United States s eleventh president (1845-49) and to publish an annotated edition of selected letters... more
  • Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the J... Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the James K. Polk Project sought to locate all extant letters by or to the United States eleventh president (1845-49) and to publish an annotated edition of selected letters in... more
  • Volume 12 of the Correspondence of James K. Polk documents a critical seven mo... Volume 12 of the Correspondence of James K. Polk documents a critical seven months in one of America s most transformational presidencies. Polk was the eleventh U.S. president (1845-49). Many of this volume s letters chronicle the Tennessean s... more
  • In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk s correspondence shifted from tho... In the second half of 1845 the focus of Polk s correspondence shifted from those issues relating to the formation of his administration and distribution of part patronage to those that would give shape and consequence to his presidency: the... more
  • Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the J... Based in the History Department at the University of Tennessee Knoxville the James K. Polk Project sought to locate all extant letters by or to the United States eleventh president (1845-49) and to publish an annotated edition of selected letters in... more
  • People like myself who truly feel at home in several countries are not strictl... People like myself who truly feel at home in several countries are not strictly at home anywhere writes Abraham Pais one of the world s leading theoretical physicists near the beginning of this engrossing chronicle of his life on two continents. The... more
  • Ninety-two documents of varied interest all throwing light on the social and e... Ninety-two documents of varied interest all throwing light on the social and economic conditions of Roman Egypt. Each text is provided with ample commentary and critical notes. Originally published in 1936. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the... more
  • The description for this book Studies in the Antiquities of Stobi Volume 2 wil... The description for this book Studies in the Antiquities of Stobi Volume 2 will be forthcoming. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print... more
  • Volume 2 of 2. Coleridge s Shorter Works and Fragments brings together a numbe... Volume 2 of 2. Coleridge s Shorter Works and Fragments brings together a number of substantial essays that were not long enough to require volumes to themselves among them his Theory of Life Essays on the Principles of Genial Criticism Treatise on... more
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