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The Failure of Popular Sovereignty: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and the Radicalization of Southern Politics (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
Christopher Childers
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTS; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
As the expanding United States grappled with the question of how to determine the boundaries of slavery, politicians proposed popular sovereignty as a means of entrusting the issue to citizens of new territories. Christopher Childers now uses popular sovereignty as a lens for viewing the radicalisation of southern states’ rights politics, demonstrating how this misbegotten offspring of slavery and Manifest Destiny, though intended to assuage passions, instead worsened sectional differences, radicalised southerners, and paved the way for secession.
In this first major history of popular sovereignty, Childers explores the triangular relationship among the extension of slavery, southern politics, and ... Read more
As the expanding United States grappled with the question of how to determine the boundaries of slavery, politicians proposed popular sovereignty as a means of entrusting the issue to citizens of new territories. Christopher Childers now uses popular sovereignty as a lens for viewing the radicalisation of southern states’ rights politics, demonstrating how this misbegotten offspring of slavery and Manifest Destiny, though intended to assuage passions, instead worsened sectional differences, radicalised southerners, and paved the way for secession.
In this first major history of popular sovereignty, Childers explores the triangular relationship among the extension of slavery, southern politics, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700618682
SKU
V9780700618682
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About Christopher Childers
Christopher Childers is an instructor of history at Crowder College in Neosho, Missouri, USA.
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