Benjamin
Harrison : Twenty-Third President of the United States (Encyclopedia of
Presidents)
Susan Clinton
School & Library Binding / Published 1989
Benjamin
Harrison (United States Presidents)
Paul Joseph
Library Binding / Published 2000
The
Presidency of Benjamin Harrison (American Presidency Series)
Homer E. Socolofsky, Allan B. Spetter
Book Description Benjamin Harrison was an early proponent of
American expansion in the Pacific, a key figure in such landmark legislation
as the Sherman Anti-Trust Act and the McKinley Tariff, and one of the Gilded
Age's most eloquent speakers. Yet he remains one of our most neglected
and least understood presidents. In this first interpretive study of the
Harrison administration, the authors illuminate our twenty-third president's
character and policies and rescue him from the long shadow of his charismatic
secretary of state, James G. Blaine.
An Ohio native and Indiana lawyer, Harrison opened the second century
of the American presidency in a rapidly industrializing and expanding nation.
His inaugural address reflected the nation's optimism: "The masses of our
people are better fed, clothed, and housed than their fathers were. The
facilities for popular education have been vastly enlarged and more generally
diffused. The virtues of courage and patriotism have given proof of their
continued presence and increasing power in the hearts and over the lives
of our people."
But the burdens and realities of his office soon imposed themselves
upon Harrison. The biggest blow came at midterm with the Republicans' devastating
losses in the 1890 congressional elections. In an era of congressional
dominance, those losses eroded Harrison's position as a legislative advocate--at
least, for domestic issues.
His impact in foreign affairs was more lasting. One of the highlights
of this study is its revealing look at Harrison's visionary foreign policy,
especially toward the Pacific. Socolofsky and Spetter convincingly demonstrate
that although Harrison's ambition to acquire the Hawaiian Islands was not
realized during his presidency, his foreign policy was a major step toward
American control of Hawaii and American expansion in the Far East.
This book is part of the American Presidency Series.
Hardcover / Published 1987
Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier President: The White House and After 1889-1901 (Signature
Ser.)
Harry J. Sievers, Katherine Speirs (Editor)
Hardcover / Published 1997
Special Order
Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier Statesman (Signature Ser.)
Katherine Speirs(Editor), Harry J. Sievers
Hardcover / Published 1997
(Special Order)
Benjamin
Harrison : Hoosier Warrior (Signature Ser. ; Vol. 1)
Katherine Speirs(Editor), Harry J. Sievers
Hardcover / Published 1997
(Special Order)
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (Presidents
of the United States)
Rita Stevens
Library Binding / Published 1989
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