More American than southern [electronic resource] : Kentucky, slavery, and the war for an American ideology, 1828-1861 / Gary R. Matthews

Author:: Matthews, Gary Robert, 1949-
Published:: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, 2014.
Edition:: First edition.
Physical Description:: xii, 345 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Class structure -- The paradigm -- Subregional variances -- The Whig era -- The politics of economic development -- Crisis and compromise -- Party realignment -- Cold war -- The labyrinth of sectional politics -- The secession crisis, part I -- The secession crisis, part II -- A hollow concept -- Kentucky unionism -- The end of an era.

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Slavery—Kentucky—History—19th century
Political culture—Kentucky—History—19th century
Secession—Kentucky
Kentucky—Politics and government—1792-1865
Kentucky—History—1792-1865

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Electronic books

ISBN:

9781621900573 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references(pages 315-335) and index.

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