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Federalism, secession, and the American state : divided, we secede / Lawrence M. Anderson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Lawrence M., author.
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in North American Politics
- Routledge studies in North American politics ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Federal government--United States--History--19th century.
- Federal government.
- Secession--United States--History.
- Secession.
- States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
- States' rights (American politics).
- Nullification (States' rights)--History--19th century.
- Nullification (States' rights).
- United States--Politics and government--19th century.
- United States.
- South Carolina--Politics and government--1775-1865.
- South Carolina.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (198 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One important tradition in political science conceives of the Civil War in the United States serving as the functional equivalent of the English and French Revolutions, bringing with it the victory of liberal democratic industrialism over aristocratic agriculturalism. From this perspective, the Civil War is notable for its impact on the American state. Surprisingly however, little attention has been paid to the distinguishing features of this historic rupture in American politics.Through primary source research and the re-analysis of the rich historical literature about the an
- Contents:
- Introduction: the problem, the method, and the outline of the book
- The American state and early challenges to central state authority
- States' rights in South Carolina: from nullification to the first secession crisis
- South Carolina secedes
- The path of secession in the three Souths
- The past and future of federalism and secession.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-177) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-21523-9
- 0-203-09566-9
- 1-283-86145-3
- 1-136-21524-7
- 9780203095669
- OCLC:
- 823386980
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