The Democratic Collapse : How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861 /

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"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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Main Author: Haumesser, Lauren N. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Democratic Party (U.S.) > History > 19th century.
War > Causes.
Slavery > Political aspects.
Racism.
Politics and government.
Feminism.
Racism > United States > History > 19th century.
Feminism > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > 19th century.
Male domination (Social structure) > Political aspects > United States > 19th century.
United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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 partisan media organs used gender to make powerful arguments about slavery as the sectional crisis grew, from the emergence of the Republican Party to secession. Gendered charges and countercharges turned slavery into an intractable cultural debate, raising the stakes of every dispute and making compromise ever more elusive"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (230 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9781469671451

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