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| | * Freehling, William W. "Spoilsmen and Interests in the Thought and Career of John C. Calhoun," ''Journal of American History'' 52 (1965): 25-42. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1901122 in JSTOR] | | * Freehling, William W. "Spoilsmen and Interests in the Thought and Career of John C. Calhoun," ''Journal of American History'' 52 (1965): 25-42. [http://www.jstor.org/pss/1901122 in JSTOR] |
| | * Hofstadter, Richard. "The Marx of the Master Class" in ''The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It,'' (1948), influential essay on Calhoun. [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=hofstadter;q2=ACLS%20Humanities%20E-book;op2=and;rgn=works;rgn1=author;rgn2=series;view=toc;idno=heb01418.0001.001 online in ACLS E-Book] | | * Hofstadter, Richard. "The Marx of the Master Class" in ''The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It,'' (1948), influential essay on Calhoun. [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=hofstadter;q2=ACLS%20Humanities%20E-book;op2=and;rgn=works;rgn1=author;rgn2=series;view=toc;idno=heb01418.0001.001 online in ACLS E-Book] |
| − | * Meigs, William Montgomery. ''The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun,'' ( 2 vol 1917), old but solid scholarship; [http://books.google.com/books?id=5ZdTh_GcPEYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:William+inauthor:Meigs&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online] | + | * Meigs, William Montgomery. ''The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun,'' ( 2 vol 1917), old but solid scholarship; [https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZdTh_GcPEYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:William+inauthor:Meigs&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online] |
| | * Niven, John. ''John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography'' (1993) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Calhoun-Price-Union-Biography/dp/0807118583/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | | * Niven, John. ''John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography'' (1993) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Calhoun-Price-Union-Biography/dp/0807118583/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Peterson, Merrill D. ''Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun'' (1987), comparison of three key leaders [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Triumvirate-Webster-Clay-Calhoun/dp/0195056868 excerpt and text search] | | * Peterson, Merrill D. ''Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun'' (1987), comparison of three key leaders [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Triumvirate-Webster-Clay-Calhoun/dp/0195056868 excerpt and text search] |
| | ===Advanced=== | | ===Advanced=== |
| | * Bartlett, Irving H. ''John C. Calhoun: A Biography'' (1994), 413pp, the best one-volume scholarly biography; for a more detailed biography see Wiltse (3 vol 1944-51); Bartlett, while hostile to slavery, portrays Calhoun as a principled, consistent, and often admirable champion of slavery and the South. | | * Bartlett, Irving H. ''John C. Calhoun: A Biography'' (1994), 413pp, the best one-volume scholarly biography; for a more detailed biography see Wiltse (3 vol 1944-51); Bartlett, while hostile to slavery, portrays Calhoun as a principled, consistent, and often admirable champion of slavery and the South. |
| − | * Brown, Guy Story. ''Calhoun's Philosophy of Politics: A Study of A Disquisition on Government'' (2000) 435 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=2Qvme4MhhZcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Disquisition+intitle:on+intitle:Government&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=0atGUlDSBv07atBNrQ_RqZ0wfx0 excerpt and text search] | + | * Brown, Guy Story. ''Calhoun's Philosophy of Politics: A Study of A Disquisition on Government'' (2000) 435 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Qvme4MhhZcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Disquisition+intitle:on+intitle:Government&lr=&as_brr=0&sig=0atGUlDSBv07atBNrQ_RqZ0wfx0 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Capers, Gerald M. ''John C. Calhoun, Opportunist: A Reappraisal'' (1960) [http://www.questia.com/read/14322273?title=John%20C.%20Calhoun%2c%20Opportunist%3a%20A%20Reappraisal online edition] | | * Capers, Gerald M. ''John C. Calhoun, Opportunist: A Reappraisal'' (1960) [http://www.questia.com/read/14322273?title=John%20C.%20Calhoun%2c%20Opportunist%3a%20A%20Reappraisal online edition] |
| | * Capers, Gerald M. "A Reconsideration of John C. Calhoun's Transition from Nationalism to Nullification." ''Journal of Southern History'' 1948 14(1): 34-48. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2197709 in Jstor] | | * Capers, Gerald M. "A Reconsideration of John C. Calhoun's Transition from Nationalism to Nullification." ''Journal of Southern History'' 1948 14(1): 34-48. [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2197709 in Jstor] |
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| | * Hofstadter, Richard. "The Marx of the Master Class" in ''The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It,'' (1948), influential essay on Calhoun. [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=hofstadter;q2=ACLS%20Humanities%20E-book;op2=and;rgn=works;rgn1=author;rgn2=series;view=toc;idno=heb01418.0001.001 online in ACLS E-Book] | | * Hofstadter, Richard. "The Marx of the Master Class" in ''The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It,'' (1948), influential essay on Calhoun. [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=acls;cc=acls;q1=hofstadter;q2=ACLS%20Humanities%20E-book;op2=and;rgn=works;rgn1=author;rgn2=series;view=toc;idno=heb01418.0001.001 online in ACLS E-Book] |
| | * Lander, Ernest M., Jr. ''Reluctant Imperialists: Calhoun, the South Carolinians, and the Mexican War.'' (1980). 189 pp. | | * Lander, Ernest M., Jr. ''Reluctant Imperialists: Calhoun, the South Carolinians, and the Mexican War.'' (1980). 189 pp. |
| − | * Meigs, William Montgomery. ''The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun,'' ( 2 vol 1917), old but solid scholarship; [http://books.google.com/books?id=5ZdTh_GcPEYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:William+inauthor:Meigs&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online] | + | * Meigs, William Montgomery. ''The Life of John Caldwell Calhoun,'' ( 2 vol 1917), old but solid scholarship; [https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZdTh_GcPEYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:William+inauthor:Meigs&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online] |
| | * Niven, John. ''John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography'' (1993) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Calhoun-Price-Union-Biography/dp/0807118583/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] | | * Niven, John. ''John C. Calhoun and the Price of Union: A Biography'' (1993) [http://www.amazon.com/John-Calhoun-Price-Union-Biography/dp/0807118583/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-2 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Peterson, Merrill D. ''Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun'' (1987), comparison of three key leaders [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Triumvirate-Webster-Clay-Calhoun/dp/0195056868 excerpt and text search] | | * Peterson, Merrill D. ''Great Triumvirate: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun'' (1987), comparison of three key leaders [http://www.amazon.com/Great-Triumvirate-Webster-Clay-Calhoun/dp/0195056868 excerpt and text search] |
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| | ===Primary sources=== | | ===Primary sources=== |
| − | * Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Correspondence of John C. Calhoun'' edited by - John Franklin Jameson. (1900) 1218 pages; highly useful scholarly edition of major letters from and to Calhoun; [http://books.google.com/books?id=vZ4DsGxA1ZEC&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:calhoun+intitle:correspondence&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA1,M1 complete text online letters from Calhoun]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=WVRDf1W8NPEC&pg=PA787&dq=intitle:calhoun+intitle:correspondence&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online letters to Calhoun] | + | * Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Correspondence of John C. Calhoun'' edited by - John Franklin Jameson. (1900) 1218 pages; highly useful scholarly edition of major letters from and to Calhoun; [https://books.google.com/books?id=vZ4DsGxA1ZEC&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:calhoun+intitle:correspondence&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPA1,M1 complete text online letters from Calhoun]; [https://books.google.com/books?id=WVRDf1W8NPEC&pg=PA787&dq=intitle:calhoun+intitle:correspondence&lr=&num=30&as_brr=3 complete text online letters to Calhoun] |
| − | * Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Works of John C, Calhoun'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé, (6 vol 1854, reprinted 1888) [http://books.google.com/books?id=dWFutwDcxnsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1 vol 2: speeches 1811-37]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=qjL_hv80p6EC&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 vol 3: Speeches 1837-41] | + | * Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Works of John C, Calhoun'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé, (6 vol 1854, reprinted 1888) [https://books.google.com/books?id=dWFutwDcxnsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1 vol 2: speeches 1811-37]; [https://books.google.com/books?id=qjL_hv80p6EC&printsec=titlepage&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0 vol 3: Speeches 1837-41] |
| − | ** Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''A Disquisition on Government'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé (1851) 406 pp. [http://books.google.com/books?id=fqwqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Disquisition+intitle:on+intitle:Government&lr=&as_brr=0 online edition] | + | ** Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''A Disquisition on Government'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé (1851) 406 pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fqwqAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:Disquisition+intitle:on+intitle:Government&lr=&as_brr=0 online edition] |
| − | ** Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Reports and Public Letters of John C. calhoun'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé, (1854, reprinted 1888) [http://books.google.com/books?id=5AzpEDyl7s0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_1#PPP9,M1 complete text] | + | ** Calhoun, John Caldwell. ''Reports and Public Letters of John C. calhoun'' edited by Richard Kenner Crallé, (1854, reprinted 1888) [https://books.google.com/books?id=5AzpEDyl7s0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=intitle:works+intitle:calhoun&lr=&num=30&as_brr=1&source=gbs_book_other_versions_r&cad=2_1#PPP9,M1 complete text] |
| | * Calhoun, John C. '' John C. Calhoun: Selected Writings and Speeches'' edited by H. Lee Cheek, (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/John-C-Calhoun-Conservative-Leadership/dp/0895261790/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search] | | * Calhoun, John C. '' John C. Calhoun: Selected Writings and Speeches'' edited by H. Lee Cheek, (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/John-C-Calhoun-Conservative-Leadership/dp/0895261790/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212720019&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search] |
| | * Calhoun, John C. ''Papers of John C. Calhoun'' (28 volumes, 1959-2003) edited by Clyde N. Wilson et al. | | * Calhoun, John C. ''Papers of John C. Calhoun'' (28 volumes, 1959-2003) edited by Clyde N. Wilson et al. |