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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s
Title
Congress and the crisis of the 1850s / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
ISBN
9780821419779 (hc : alk. paper)
0821419773 (hc : alk. paper)
9780821443996 (electronic)
0821443992 (electronic)
Published
Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012.
Physical Description
vi, 231 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 29, 2012
Series
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman
Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt
The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman
Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman
Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850s / Amy S. Greenberg
"When the victims of oppression stand up manfully for themselves" : the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the role of African Americans in obstructing its enforcement / Spencer R. Crew
"Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock
Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl
"Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson.
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