This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System—a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government and constitutional aspects

First published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

When historian W. Allen Salisbury first wrote this book in 1978, he was seeking to teach Americans that the battle between the American System of economics and

Though he was best known as a politician, Henry Clay (1777-1852) maintained an active legal practice for more than fifty years. He was a leading contributor bot

This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.