Arguing until doomsday : Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the struggle for American democracy /
Woods, Michael E.,
Arguing until doomsday : Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the struggle for American democracy / Michael E. Woods. - 1 online resource - Civil War America . - Civil War America (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"As the sectional crisis gripped the United States, the rancor increasingly spread to the halls of Congress. Preston Brooks's frenzied assault on Charles Sumner was perhaps the most notorious evidence of the dangerous divide between proslavery Democrats and the new antislavery Republican Party. But as disunion loomed, rifts within the majority Democratic Party were every bit as consequential. And nowhere was the fracture more apparent than in the raging debates between Illinois's Stephen Douglas and Mississippi's Jefferson Davis. As leaders of the Democrats' northern and southern factions before the Civil War, their passionate conflict of words and ideas has been overshadowed by their opposition to Abraham Lincoln. But here, weaving together biography and political history, Michael E. Woods restores Davis['s] and Douglas's fatefully entwined lives and careers to the center of the Civil War era"--
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Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
1783-1899
Slavery--History--Political aspects--United States.--19th century
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
Politics and government.
Slavery--Political aspects.
United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.
United States--History--1783-1865.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1845-1861.
États-Unis--Histoire--1783-1865.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
JK2316 / .W74 2020eb
973.7/11
Arguing until doomsday : Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the struggle for American democracy / Michael E. Woods. - 1 online resource - Civil War America . - Civil War America (Series) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"As the sectional crisis gripped the United States, the rancor increasingly spread to the halls of Congress. Preston Brooks's frenzied assault on Charles Sumner was perhaps the most notorious evidence of the dangerous divide between proslavery Democrats and the new antislavery Republican Party. But as disunion loomed, rifts within the majority Democratic Party were every bit as consequential. And nowhere was the fracture more apparent than in the raging debates between Illinois's Stephen Douglas and Mississippi's Jefferson Davis. As leaders of the Democrats' northern and southern factions before the Civil War, their passionate conflict of words and ideas has been overshadowed by their opposition to Abraham Lincoln. But here, weaving together biography and political history, Michael E. Woods restores Davis['s] and Douglas's fatefully entwined lives and careers to the center of the Civil War era"--
9781469656410 (electronic bk.) 1469656418 (electronic bk.) 9781469656403 (electronic bk.) 146965640X (electronic bk.)
22573/ctvx253z7 JSTOR 331B8337-735A-40F5-B9BC-F238DA7D76A0 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889.
Douglas, Stephen A. 1813-1861.
Democratic Party (U.S.)--History.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
1783-1899
Slavery--History--Political aspects--United States.--19th century
HISTORY--Civil War Period (1850-1877)--United States
Politics and government.
Slavery--Political aspects.
United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.
United States--History--1783-1865.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1845-1861.
États-Unis--Histoire--1783-1865.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
JK2316 / .W74 2020eb
973.7/11