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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809391103321

Autore

Matthews Gary Robert <1949->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Knoxville, Tennessee : , : The University of Tennessee Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-62190-118-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Disciplina

976.9/03

Soggetti

Slavery - Kentucky - History - 19th century

Political culture - Kentucky - History - 19th century

Secession - Kentucky

Kentucky Politics and government 1792-1865

Kentucky History 1792-1865

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

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.