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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Quitt, Martin H.
Titre(s) : Stephen A. Douglas and Antebellum democracy [Texte imprimé] / Martin H. Quitt
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Description matérielle : xv, 210 p. ; 25 cm
Comprend : 1. Adolescence in Vermont ; 2. Schooling, learning, and passing the bar ; 3. Family
influences, stress, and bonds ; 4. Democratic prodigy in Illinois ; 5. Constitutionalism,
Part I : noncitizen voting, apportionment, and internal improvements ; 6. Constitutionalism,
Part II : slavery in the territories ; 7. The 1860 campaign and the code against
campaigning ; 8. In Lincoln's shadow ; 9. Douglas's Mississippi slaves.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"This thematic biography demonstrates how Stephen Douglas's path from a conflicted
youth in Vermont to dim prospects in New York to overnight stardom in Illinois led
to his identification with the Democratic Party and his belief that the federal government
should respect the diversity of states and territories. His relationships with his
mother, sister, teachers, brothers-in-law, other men and two wives are explored in
depth. When he conducted the first cross-country campaign by a presidential candidate
in American history, few among the hundreds of thousands that saw him in 1860 knew
that his wife and he had just lost their infant daughter or that Douglas controlled
a large Mississippi slave plantation. His story illuminates the gap between democracy
then and today. The book draws on a variety of previously unexamined sources"--
Sujet(s) : Douglas, Stephen A. (1813-1861)
Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1845-1861
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107024786 (hardback). - ISBN 1107024781 (hardback). - ISBN 9781107639010
(pbk.). - ISBN 1107639018 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb427446817
Notice n° :
FRBNF42744681
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
