Michael Todd Landis

Northern Men with Southern Loyalties

The Democratic Party and the Sectional Crisis

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Michael Todd Landis is Assistant Professor of History at Tarleton State University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 148mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9780801453267
• ISBN-10: 0801453267
• Artikelnr.: 40902271

Autorenporträt

Michael Todd Landis is Assistant Professor of History at Tarleton State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Democrats and the Slave Power1. "Fidelity and Firmness":
Northern Democrats and the Crises of 18502. "Harmony, Unity, and Victory":
State Politics and Presidential Posturing3. "One of the Most Reliable
Politicians upon This Subject of Slavery": The Rewards of Fidelity and the
Perils of Power4. "Pandora's Box": Northern Democrats in Command5. "Leave
Us of the North to Fight the Great Battle": Party Punishments and Purges6.
"The Strongest Northern Man on Southern Principles": James Buchanan and
Southern Power7. "Let Us Stand by Our Colors": Lecompton and Minority
Rule8. "We Regarded You as Brothers": Defeat and Division9. "Though the
Heavens Fall": 1860 and BeyondNotes
Bibliography
Index