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Politics and power in a slave society : Alabama, 1800-1860 / J. Mills Thornton ; with a new preface by the author.
- Title
- Politics and power in a slave society : Alabama, 1800-1860 / J. Mills Thornton ; with a new preface by the author.
- Author
- Thornton, J. Mills, 1943-
- Publication
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2014.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | F326 .T48 2014 | Off-site |
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- xxiv, 492 pages; 23 cm
- Uniform Title
- Project Muse UPCC books
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- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface to the new paperback edition -- Preface to the first edition -- PART ONE. QUERIES -- I. FOUNDATIONS : The birth of the style ; The style acquires substance -- II. THE LEGISLATURE : Personnel ; The institution ; Groups, blocs, and parties ; Measures -- III. THE PARTIES : Organization at the state level ; Country and best organization -- PART TWO. COMMILITONES -- IV. THE BOUNDS OF CRISIS : The Crisis of 1850 ; Southern Rights for mass consumption ; The fire-eaters -- V. FEAR AND FAVOR : Economic alterations ; Society in vertigo ; Political repsonses -- VI. SECESSION : The Whiggery in crisis ; The fire-eaters in crisis ; Yancey's crisis ; The voters in crisis ; Getting around the crisis ; Scorpio rising -- APPENDIX I : House votes indicating party divisions -- APPENDIX II : House votes indicating economic divisions.
- ISBN
- 9780807159149
- 080715914X
- 9780807159156 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780807159163 (canceled/invalid)
- 9780807159170 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014013732
- OCLC
- 880499974
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- Harvard Library