Rebellion and Realignment : Arkansas's Road to Secession / James M. Woods.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woods, James M., 1952-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession--Arkansas.

Secession.

Arkansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Arkansas.

Arkansas--History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, [1987]

Summary:

Arkansas, the Old South's last frontier, was forced, after the election of Lincoln, to face the issue of secession.A decade earlier, the state had spurned all efforts from within to withdraw from the Union, but the following ten years drew Arkansas deeper into the economic and cultural community that bound it to the other slaveholding states.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

I. A Promise Unfulfilled: Settlement of the Arkansas Frontier

II. A Story of Contrasts: Regional Differences and Economic Development in Antebellum Arkansas

III. The Foundation of a Dynasty: Parties and Politics in Arkansas, 1819-1849

IV. Neither Ready Nor Willing: Arkansas During the Compromise Crisis, 1849- 1851

V. Change and Continuity: Family Rule in Arkansas,1851-1859

VI. Beyond His Merest and Most Sanguine Hopes: Thomas Hindman and the Defeat of the Dynasty, 1859-1860

VII. Arkansas Is With the South: State Politics During the Presidential Election of 1860

VIII. Division Over Disunion: The Realignment of Arkansas Politics During the Winter of 1860-1861

IX. Avoiding Secession and Dismemberment: The State Convention and the Campaign for Cooperation,March 4-April IS, 1861

X. War and Secession: Consensus and Conflict

Conclusion

Appendix: Tables and Figures

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 255-269.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-61075-339-9

OCLC:

1132221473