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The failure of popular sovereignty : slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics
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- Creator
- Christopher Childers
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
- ©2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xii, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780700618682, 0700618686
- OCLC
- ocn788282493
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-328) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Representative government and representation -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- States' rights (American politics) -- History -- 19th century.
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
- Manifest Destiny.
- Missouri compromise.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
- Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
- United States -- Territorial expansion -- Political aspects.