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The Democratic collapse : how gender politics broke a party and a nation, 1856-1861 /

"This fresh examination of antebellum politics comprehensively examines the ways that gender issues and gendered discourse exacerbated fissures within the Democratic Party in the critical years between 1856 and 1861. Lauren Haumesser here traces how northern and southern Democrats and their par...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haumesser, Lauren N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Free Women, Free Land, Free Love, and Frémont: The 1856 Campaign
  • Chapter 2. Domestic Institutions?: Utah, Kansas, and the Democratic Party
  • Chapter 3. Butchery for Our Mothers: Nationalism, Separatism, and Gender in the Wake of John Brown's Raid
  • Chapter 4. A Social and Moral Contest: The Democratic Split and the 1860 Campaign
  • Chapter 5. For the Safety of Their Firesides: Gendering Compromise and Secession
  • Conclusion.