Author: Stephen Arnold Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the United States Senate, March 3, 1854, on Nebraska and Kansas
Author: Stephen Arnold Douglas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
To Govern the Devil in Hell
Author: Pearl Ponce
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1609091590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violence broke out in Kansas in 1856, of equal concern but less illuminated is the question of why government, both local and national, allowed the violence to continue unstanched for so long. This question is fundamentally about governance-its existence, exercise, limits, and continuance-and its study has ramifications for understanding both Kansas events and why the American experiment in government failed in 1861. In addition, the book also sheds light on the nature of democracy, the challenges of implanting it in distant environs, the necessity of cooperation at the various levels of government, and the value of strong leadership. To Govern the Devil in Hell uses the prism of governance to investigate what went wrong in territorial Kansas. From the first elections in late 1854 and early 1855, local government was tarnished with cries of illegitimacy that territorial officials could not ameliorate. Soon after, a shadow government was created which further impeded local management of territorial challenges. Ultimately, this book addresses why Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan failed to act, what hindered Congress from stepping into the void, and why and how the lack of effective governance harmed Kansas and later the United States.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1609091590
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violence broke out in Kansas in 1856, of equal concern but less illuminated is the question of why government, both local and national, allowed the violence to continue unstanched for so long. This question is fundamentally about governance-its existence, exercise, limits, and continuance-and its study has ramifications for understanding both Kansas events and why the American experiment in government failed in 1861. In addition, the book also sheds light on the nature of democracy, the challenges of implanting it in distant environs, the necessity of cooperation at the various levels of government, and the value of strong leadership. To Govern the Devil in Hell uses the prism of governance to investigate what went wrong in territorial Kansas. From the first elections in late 1854 and early 1855, local government was tarnished with cries of illegitimacy that territorial officials could not ameliorate. Soon after, a shadow government was created which further impeded local management of territorial challenges. Ultimately, this book addresses why Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan failed to act, what hindered Congress from stepping into the void, and why and how the lack of effective governance harmed Kansas and later the United States.
Bibliotheca Americana
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
The Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives
Author: Donald R. Kennon
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752510161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752510161
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 573
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Parties, Politics, and the Sectional Conflict in Tennessee, 1832-1861
Author: Jonathan M. Atkins
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870499500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In this thought-provoking study, Jonathan M. Atkins provides a fresh look at the partisan ideological battles that marked the political culture of antebellum Tennessee. He argues that the legacy of party politics was a key factor in shaping Tennessee's hesitant course during the crisis of Union in 1860-61. No previous book has so clearly detailed the role of party politics and ideology in Tennessee's early history. As Atkins shows, the ideological debate helps to explain not only the character and survival of Tennessee's party system but also the persistent strength of unionism in a state that ultimately joined the Southern cause.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870499500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
In this thought-provoking study, Jonathan M. Atkins provides a fresh look at the partisan ideological battles that marked the political culture of antebellum Tennessee. He argues that the legacy of party politics was a key factor in shaping Tennessee's hesitant course during the crisis of Union in 1860-61. No previous book has so clearly detailed the role of party politics and ideology in Tennessee's early history. As Atkins shows, the ideological debate helps to explain not only the character and survival of Tennessee's party system but also the persistent strength of unionism in a state that ultimately joined the Southern cause.
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America from Its Discovery to the Present Time: Bedinger to Brownell
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Slavery, a Bibliographic Guide to the Microfiche Collection
Author: Microfilming Corporation of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Slavery, a Bibliography and Union List of the Microform Collection
Author: Microfilming Corporation of America
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description