To govern the devil in hell the political crisis in territorial Kansas / Pearl T. Ponce.

Author/creator Ponce, Pearl T.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoDeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2014.
Descriptionviii, 314 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents Jupiter's gift: the creation of Kansas Territory -- Territorial politics and the struggle for party supremacy, 1854-1855 -- Kansas in 1856: the escalating conflict -- Congress and the Kansas issue in 1856 -- The 1856 presidential campaign and Kansas as a party issue -- Pledges and principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857 -- "The noise of democracy": the struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas -- Conclusion: "To the stars through difficulty".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014002303
ISBN9780875804866 (cloth)
ISBN9780875807065 (pbk.)

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