Stephen A. Douglas and Antebellum democracy /

"This thematic biography demonstrates how Stephen Douglas's path from a conflicted youth in Vermont to dim prospects in New York to overnight stardom in Illinois led to his identification with the Democratic Party and his belief that the federal government should respect the diversity of s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quitt, Martin H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Douglas, Stephen A. > (Stephen Arnold), > 1813-1861.
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Biography.
États-Unis. > Congress. > Senate > Biographies.
United States. > Congress. > Senate.
1845-1861
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Legislators > Illinois > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators.
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government > 1845-1861.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1845-1861.
Illinois.
United States.
Biography
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Adolescence in Vermont
  • 2. Schooling, learning and passing the bar
  • 3. Family influence, stress and bonds
  • 4. Democratic prodigy in Illinois
  • 5. Douglas's constitutionalism, part I : noncitizen voting, apportionment and internal improvements
  • 6. Douglas's constitutionalism, part II : slavery in the territories
  • 7. The campaign of 1860 and the code against campaigning
  • 8. In Lincoln's shadow
  • 9. Douglas's Mississippi slaves.

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