John C. Calhoun

by Richard Nelson Current

Excerpt from John C. Calhoun1807 - Begins law practice in Abbeville. Elected (october 18) to the South Carolina general assembly, where he is to serve for two years.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Genres: Biography

182 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Called "the dean of Lincoln scholars", Richard Nelson Current earned a B.A. in 1934 from Oberlin College, and M.A. from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1935, a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1940. Among the institutions at which Current taught over the course of his career was Rutgers University, Hamilton College, Northern Michigan University, Lawrence University, Mills College, Salisbury State University, the University of Illinois, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Reviews

[Miriam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Current is obviously not enamoured of Calhoun and spends to much time, unnecessarily, demonstrating the similarities between Calhoun's thoughts about class conflict with Marx's. Aside from that, this is a clear and concise summary of the most developed version of the doctrine of nullification. An idea that is seeing some revival today.