Congress and the emergence of sectionalism : from the Missouri Compromise to the age of Jackson / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Finkelman, Paul, 1949-

Kennon, Donald R., 1948-

Series:

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sectionalism (United States)--History--19th century.

Sectionalism (United States).

United States. Congress--History--19th century.

United States.

United States. Congress.

History.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 293 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Introduction: Congress, the Rise of Sectionalism, and the Challenge of Jacksonian Democracy / Paul Finkelman 1

Part 1 Sectionalism

The Three-Fifths Clause and the Origins of Sectionalism / Jan Lewis 19

The Political Economy of Sectionalism: Tariff Controversies and Conflicting Conceptions of World Order / Peter S. Onuf 47

The Missouri Controversy and Sectionalism / Robert P. Forbes 75

United States Indian Policy in Sectional Crisis: Georgia's Exploitation of the Compact of 1802 / Tim Alan Garrison 97

Part 2 Congress in the Age of Jackson

Andrew Jackson, Great President (?) / William W. Freehling 133

States' Rights, State Sovereignty, and Nullification / Michael Les Benedict 152

He Broke the Bank, but Did Andrew Jackson also Father the Fed? / Jenny B. Wahl 188

The Devil and Andrew Jackson: Historians and Jackson's Role in the Indian Removal Crisis / Tim Alan Garrison 221

Andrew Jackson versus the Senate / Daniel Feller 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780821417836

0821417835

OCLC:

182779291

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