Parties, politics, and, the sectional conflict in Tennessee, 1832-1861
By: Jonathan M. Atkins.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Political culture -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th century.; Political parties -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th century.; Sectionalism (United States); Tennessee -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
Description: In this thought-provoking study, Jonathan M. Atkins provides a fresh look at the partisan ideological battles that marked the political culture of antebellum Tennessee. He argues that the legacy of party politics was a key factor in shaping Tennessee's hesitant course during the crisis of Union in 1860-61. No previous book has so clearly detailed the role of party politics and ideology in Tennessee's early history. As Atkins shows, the ideological debate helps to explain not only the character and survival of Tennessee's party system but also the persistent strength of unionism in a state that ultimately joined the Southern cause.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-358) and index.
Table of contents: title: Politics and Republicanism in Jackson's Tennessee; title: The presidential candidacy of Hugh Lawson White, 1832-1836; title: The creation of Tennessee's party system, 1837-1839; title: Federalists and spoilsmen, banks, and free trade; title: The politics of relief; title: The politics of slavery; title: The politics of union; title: The politics of revolution.