Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; 1 Jeffersonian Nationalist; 2 The American System; 3 Postwar Issues; 4 Secretary of State; 5 Nullification; 6 The Bank War; 7 Internal Improvements; 8 Jacksonian Ascendancy; 9 Financial Problems; 10 Log Cabin; 11 Veto; 12 Limited Success; 13 Disappointments; 14 Retrospect; Appendix; Notes; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Summary
This detailed study of Henry Clay and the American System -- a program of vigorous economic nationalism dependent on active government 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, pre-modern economy into a diversified, industrializing one. As Speaker of the House in the years following the War of 1812, and later as founder of the Whig party
