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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823644303321

Autore

Olsen Christopher J.

Titolo

Political culture and secession in Mississippi : masculinity, honor, and the antiparty tradition, 1830-1860 / / Christopher J. Olsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771538-9

0-19-028499-4

1-280-47275-8

0-19-535126-6

0-19-518047-X

1-60256-392-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

306.2/09762/09034

306.20976209034

Soggetti

Political culture - Mississippi - History - 19th century

Political parties - Mississippi - History - 19th century

Secession - Mississippi

Mississippi Politics and government To 1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 A SAVAGE PLACE: The Mississippi Frontier, Masculinity, and Political Culture in the 1830's; 2 EARLY AUTUMN: An Episode from Mississippi's Political Culture-The Secession Debate of 1849-1851; 3 MORTAL STAKES: The Politics of Antipartyism; 4 SMALL VICES: Voters, Elections, and the Myth of Party Dominance; 5 PLAYMATES: Voting and Governing in the Neighborhood; 6 CEREMONY: The Ritual Power of Politics; 7 CHANCE: Know-Nothings and the Political Culture; 8 VALEDICTION: The Political Culture of Secession; Appendix: Methodological Notes and Study Data; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

Political Culture and Secession in Mississippi examines gender and antebellum politics, and argues that the demands of masculinity and honour within the state's antiparty political culture made secession



possible.