Henry Clay and the American System

A long-needed addition to the literature on Jacksonian Era politics.

~Southern Historian

Clearly written and deals with an important topic that has surprisingly escaped book-length treatment until now.

~American Historical Review

Now we have a thoroughly researched, carefully crafted study of Clay's major contribution to national policy. Maurice G. Baxter, professor emeritus at Indiana University, has written a comprehensive study of Clay's system, 'a biographical perspective upon economic history.'

~Journal of American History

It is refreshing to read a history that grounds Jacksonian debate over political economy in realities and prospects as Clay and his contemporaries understood them.

~Journal of Southern History

Here is a book that has long been needed for the antebellum period of American history: an excellent, detailed and sharply focused study of Henry Clay's American System. Dr. Baxter provides us with a balanced, objective and highly readable account of one of the most interesting, important and controversial subjects of the early nineteenth century.

~Robert V. Remini, author of Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union

A fine study by a first-rate historian, well-written, thoughtful, and interesting throughout.

~Journal of the Early Republic