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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464390003321

Autore

Zemler Jeffery Allen <1958->

Titolo

James Madison, the South, and the trans-Appalachian West, 1783-1803 / / Jeffery Allen Zemler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-8218-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

973.5/1092

Soggetti

Sectionalism (United States) - History - 18th century

Sectionalism (United States) - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865

United States Politics and government 1783-1809

Northwest, Old History 1775-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What to do with the West? -- A nationalist viewpoint -- The West and the new constitution -- The fight for the Potomac -- A western perspective -- An unhappy West -- And slavery -- Western anxieties and the military debate -- A change in emphasis -- Epilogue: looking East.

Sommario/riassunto

The foundation of the strong relationship between the trans-Appalachian West and the South was built in the last two decades of the eighteenth century when southerners, led by James Madison, defended the trans-Appalachian West and westerners against northerners' political and economic attacks. Over time many southerners came to believe that the South's political future depended on forging a tight political bond between the South and the trans-Appalachian West. While many historians have taken this close relationship for granted or dismissed it as a natural product of cultural simil