Old Tip vs. the Sly Fox: The 1840 Election and the Making of a Partisan Nation

The Age of Van Buren -- The Politics of Boom and Bust -- The Two Senators: Daniel Webster and Henry Clay -- The Two Generals: William Henry Harrison and Winfield Scott -- The Road to the Whig Convention -- Come Together -- "We Go for Principles, Not Men": The Democratic Convention -- See How They Run: Campaigning for President -- "The Presidential Contest Absorbs Every Thing Else" -- Tippecanoe and the Economy Too: Understanding the Election of 1840.