Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism - From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson

Informationen zum Autor Paul Finkelman is an expert on constitutional history, the law of slavery, and the American Civil War. He coedits the Ohio University Press series New Approaches to Midwestern Studies and is the president of Gratz College. Klappentext "Congress and the Emergence of Sectionalism: From the Missouri Compromise to the Age of Jackson "inaugurates a new series for the United States Capitol Historical Society, one that will focus on issues that led to the secession crisis and the Civil War. This first volume examines controversies surrounding sectionalism and the rise of Jacksonian Democracy, placing these sources of conflict in the context of congressional action in the 1820s and 1830s. The essays in this volume consider the plight of American Indians, sectional strife over banking and commerce, emerging issues involving slavery, and the very nature of American democracy. Zusammenfassung Examines controversies surrounding sectionalism and the rise of Jacksonian Democracy, placing these sources of conflict in the context of congressional action in the 1820s and 1830s. This volume considers the plight of American Indians, sectional strife over banking and commerce, issues involving slavery, and the nature of American democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Paul (EDT)/ Kennon Finkelman
• Assisted by: Paul Finkelman (Editor), Donald R Kennon (Editor), Donald R. Kennon (Editor)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780821417836
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-1783-6
• No. of pages: 293
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Perspectives on the History of; Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877; Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801-1877; Perspective Hist of Congress 1; Perspectives on the History of; Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1801–1877
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science