The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854
By: edited by John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross.
Contributors: Wunder, John R.; Ross, Joann M.
Series: Law in the American West
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780803248229
Subjects: United States; Law -- Nebraska -- History -- 19th century; Law -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; Sovereignty -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Political culture -- United States -- Case studies; Nebraska -- History -- 19th century; Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An eclipse of the sun / John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross; title: The Kansas-Nebraska Act in American political culture / Mark E. Neely, Jr.; title: Nebraska and Kansas territories in American legal culture / Brenden Rensink; title: Stephen A. Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act / James A. Rawley; title: Lincoln's firebell / Phillip S. Paludan; title: Frederick Douglass and the Kansas-Nebraska Act / Tekla Ali Johnson; title: Unpopular sovereignty / Walter C. Rucker; title: Where popular sovereignty worked / Nicole Etcheson.