{"product_id":"henry-clay-and-the-american-maurice-g-baxter-9780813191126","title":"Henry Clay and the American System","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring 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, Clay argued strongly for the development of a home market for domestic goods so that Americans would not be dependent on foreign imports. This \"American System\" was originally little more than a protective tariff on foreign goods, but it soon came to encompass a collection of policies that included a national banking system and distribution of federal funds to improve transportation. Baxter reveals the inner workings of Clay's program and offers the first careful analysis of its successes and failures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis lively and incisive account will appeal to anyone interested in American history and the processes that shaped modern America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maurice G. Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813191122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813191126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Maurice G. Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120304386303,"sku":"9780813191126","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9a89d9f-7bd3-4974-913b-43eb2c4f2f85.jpg?v=1687413598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/henry-clay-and-the-american-maurice-g-baxter-9780813191126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}