The F Street Mess : how Southern senators rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act /

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"Malavasic argues that some Southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery ... focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Malavasic, Alice Elizabeth (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
Temas:
Atchison, David Rice, > 1807-1886.
Butler, A. P. > (Andrew Pickens), > 1796-1857.
Hunter, R. M. T. > (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), > 1809-1887.
Mason, J. M. > (James Murray), > 1798-1871.
United States. > Kansas-Nebraska Act.
United States. > Congress > History > 19th century.
United States. > Congress.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (United States)
1800-1899
Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Oligarchy > United States.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Extension aux États libres.
Oligarchie > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Oligarchy.
Slavery > Extension to the territories.
Slavery > Political aspects.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Malavasic argues that some Southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery ... focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, and Robert M.T. Hunter and James Murray Mason of Virginia, known by their contemporaries as the "F Street Mess" for the location of the house they shared. ... the F Street Mess was a functioning oligarchy within the U.S. Senate whose power was based on shared ideology, institutional seniority, and personal friendship"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781469635538
1469635534
9781469635545
1469635542

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