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Author Merk, Frederick, 1887-1977.

Title Slavery and the annexation of Texas / by Frederick Merk ; with the collaboration of Lois Bannister Merk.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1972.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  976.404 M545t    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xiii, 290, x pages ; 25 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The Tyler Texas junto -- Upshur and the secret treaty -- Calhoun, the treaty, and the not-so-secret executive session of the senate -- Pendency of the issue : the election of 1844 -- A plan to outflank the senate -- Joint resolutions in congress : constitutional issues -- Maneuvering a joint resolution to success -- Texas becomes a state of the union.
Summary In this book, the eminent Harvard historian Frederick Merk focuses on the intricate maneuverings of President Tyler and his colleagues to reverse the policies of three previous Administrations and, without reference to public opinion, move toward the annexation of Texas.
Subject Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849.
Politics and government (OCoLC)fst01919741
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1845-1849.
Chronological Term 1836-1849
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 0394481046
9780394481043

 
    
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