The Politics of Dissolution
Subtitle: Quest for a National Identity and the American Civil War
By: Marshall DeRosa
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781351290968
Subjects: Secession; Sources; Rhetoric; History; English language; Causes; Sécession; Discours politique; Histoire; Anglais (Langue); Rhétorique; Political aspects; War
Description: "This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they struggled with the questions of national identity and the right of self-government within the context of the rule of law."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Party Platforms for the Election of 1860; title: chapter 2 This Modern Revolution; title: chapter 3 Constitutional Compromise; title: chapter 4 Preserve the Union; title: chapter 5 War Will Follow; title: chapter 6 The Reign of Sectionalism; title: chapter 7 Slavery Agitation As Partisan Warfare; title: chapter 8 Pulling Down the Political Temple; title: chapter 9 The Instincts of Empire; title: chapter 10 The Enlargement of Empire; title: chapter 11 Senate Resignations; title: chapter 12 The Right of Secession; title: chapter 13 The Momentous Issue of Civil War.