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"Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shelden, Rachel A., 1981-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
Temas:
1783-1899
Politicians > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Statesmen > United States > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > Washington (D.C.) > History > 19th century.
Politiciens > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
Hommes d'État > États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Manners and customs
Political culture
Politicians > Social life and customs
Politics and government
Statesmen > Social life and customs
United States > Social life and customs > 1783-1865.
Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
États-Unis > Mœurs et coutumes > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
United States
Washington (D.C.)
History
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: The Washington Fraternity in the Mid Nineteenth Century; PROLOGUE: The Politician's Landscape in Antebellum Washington; CHAPTER ONE: A Perfect Tower of Babel: The Culture of Congress and the Wilmot Proviso; CHAPTER TWO: Odd Fellows, Teetotalers, and Young Indians: Washington Associations and the Election of 1848; CHAPTER THREE: Behind the Curtain Where Great Men Relax: Capital Social Life and the Compromise of 1850; CHAPTER FOUR: An F Street Mess: Federal Living Arrangements and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854.
  • CHAPTER FIVE: The Most Immoral and Corrupt Place in the Union: Vice, Violence, and the Caning of Charles SumnerCHAPTER SIX: We Know No Lecompton Here: Cross-Partisan Relationships and the Fight over Kansas; CHAPTER SEVEN: Like Taking a Last Leave of a Brother: The Washington Community Faces the Secession Crisis; EPILOGUE: The Washington Brotherhood in War and Peace; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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