To Govern the Devil in Hell : The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ponce, Pearl T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
United States Local History.
History & Archaeology.
Regions & Countries - Americas.
Politics and government.
Kansas > Politique et gouvernement > 1854-1861.
Kansas.
Kansas > Politics and government > 1854-1861.
Kansas > History > 1854-1861.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Jupiter's gift: the creation of Kansas Territory
  • Territorial politics and the struggle for party supremacy, 1854-1855
  • Kansas in 1856: the escalating conflict
  • Congress and the Kansas issue in 1856
  • The 1856 presidential campaign and Kansas as a party issue
  • Pledges and principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857
  • "The noise of democracy": the struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas
  • Conclusion: "To the stars through difficulty."

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