The failure of popular sovereignty
Subtitle: slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics
By: Christopher Childers
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780700618682
Subjects: Politics and government; States rights (American politics); Extension to the territories; Slavery; Manifest Destiny; Representative government and representation; Missouri compromise; Territorial expansion; Political aspects; History
Description: xii, 334 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A desire for self-government : slavery in the early American territories; title: "Shall the creature govern the creator"? : self-government and the Missouri Compromise; title: "Forgotten principles of their forefathers":  retreat from the Missouri Compromise; title: "A fit of convulsions" : the Wilmot Proviso and slavery in the West; title: "Intended to delude the South" : northern Democrats redefine popular sovereignty; title: "Shall the conquered govern the conqueror"? : popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession; title: "A recurrence to first principles" : Kansas-Nebraska and popular sovereignty; title: "Moves on the political chess-board" : southerners redefine popular sovereignty; title: Epilogue : the demise of popular sovereignty and the crisis of the union.