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- Description
- 1 online resource (vi, 231 p.) : ill., maps.
- Series Statement
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
- Uniform Title
- Congress and the crisis of the 1850s (Online)
- Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman -- Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt -- The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman -- Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman -- Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850s / Amy S. Greenberg -- "When the victims of oppression stand up manfully for themselves" : the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the role of African Americans in obstructing its enforcement / Spencer R. Crew -- "Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock -- Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl -- "Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson.
- LCCN
- 2011036823
- OCLC
- ssj0000606274
- Title
Congress and the crisis of the 1850s [electronic resource] / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.
- Imprint
Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2012.
- Series
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Finkelman, Paul, 1949-
Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
United States Capitol Historical Society.