Belohlavek, John M.

Broken glass Caleb Cushing & the shattering of the Union / [electronic resource] : John M. Belohlavek. - Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2005. - xiv, 482 p. : ill. - Civil War in the North . - Civil War in the North. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The view from High Street, 1800-1826 -- Foreign adventures and congressional ventures, 1827-1834 -- Whig star rising : the politics of antislavery, 1835-1837 -- Battling the British Lion and the American Fox, 1837-1840 -- Tyler and the Corporal's Guard, 1841-1843 -- The road to China, 1843-1844 -- The warrior of Manifest Destiny, 1845-1848 -- The doughface Democrat, 1848-1853 -- The powerbroker : attorney general, 1853-1857 -- The most unpopular man in New England, 1857-1861 -- From Massachusetts exile to Washington insider, 1861-1869 -- The diplomat reemerges, 1869-1879.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9781612774473 (electronic bk.)




Cushing, Caleb, 1800-1879.


United States. Congress. House --Biography.


Legislators--United States--Biography.
Politicians--Massachusetts--Biography.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Biography.
Diplomats--United States--Biography.
Diplomats--China--Biography.
Attorneys general--United States--Biography.


Massachusetts--Politics and government--1775-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.


Electronic books.

E415.9.C98 / B195 2005

973.5/092 B