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Author:

Childers, Christopher.

Title:

The failure of popular sovereignty : slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics / Christopher Childers.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xii, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Politics and government--1783-1865.
Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.
Representative government and representation--United States--History--19th century.
States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
Slavery--History--United States--History--19th century.
Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.
United States--Political aspects.--Political aspects.
Manifest Destiny.
Missouri compromise.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.

Contents:

A desire for self-government : slavery in the early American territories -- "Shall the creature govern the creator"? : self-government and the Missouri Compromise -- "Forgotten principles of their forefathers": retreat from the Missouri Compromise -- "A fit of convulsions" : the Wilmot Proviso and slavery in the West -- "Intended to delude the South" : northern Democrats redefine popular sovereignty -- "Shall the conquered govern the conqueror"? : popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession -- "A recurrence to first principles" : Kansas-Nebraska and popular sovereignty -- "Moves on the political chess-board" : southerners redefine popular sovereignty -- Epilogue : the demise of popular sovereignty and the crisis of the union.

Series:

American political thought

ISBN:

0700618686 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700618682 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788282493

LCCN:

2012021651

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)