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Liberty and Slavery Southern Politics to 1860 / William J. Cooper, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cooper, William J., Jr. (William James), 1940- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 pages)
- Edition:
- [Nouv. ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia (S.C.) : University of South Carolina Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- Cooper assesses how the South's devotion to liberty shaped its response to major legislation, judicial decisions, and military actions, and how abolitionism, in the eyes of white southerners, threatened the destruction of local control and the death of liberty.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Liberty and Slavery
- Title
- Dedication
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Prologue: The Call
- 1. Colonial Antecedents
- 2. The Impact of the Revolution
- 3. Creating a New Political Arena
- 4. Self-Interest, Ideology, and Partisanship
- 5. Politics and Power
- 6. The Attractions and Perils of Nationalism
- 7. Change and Continuity
- 8. The Jackson Party and Southern Politics
- 9. Two-Party Politics
- 10. The Territorial Issue
- 11. Political Revolution
- Epilogue: Into the Confederacy
- Notes
- Bibliographical Note
- Index
- Art Credits
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliogr. p. 295-303. Index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781570033872
- 1570033870
- OCLC:
- 1245667311
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