William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War [[electronic resource] /] / Eric H. Walther
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| Autore: |
Walther Eric H. <1960->
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| Titolo: |
William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War [[electronic resource] /] / Eric H. Walther
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| Pubblicazione: | Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (492 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/13092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Legislators - Alabama |
| Secession - Alabama | |
| Statesmen - Confederate States of America | |
| Legislators - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Alabama Politics and government To 1865 |
| Confederate States of America Politics and government | |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-459) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- Jordan's stormy banks -- Rebellion and Union -- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina -- Politician -- Party and honor -- The Alabama platform -- Secessionist -- Creating the "leaven of disunion" -- Public man, private life -- Yancey and the house divided -- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter -- The conventions of 1860 -- The voice of the South -- The men and the hours -- In King Arthur's court -- Journeys home -- The main pillar of the Confederacy. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | IWilliam Lowndes Yancey (1814-63) was one of the leading secessionists of the Old South. In this first comprehensive biography, Eric H. Walther examines the personality and political life of the uncompromising fire-eater.Born in Georgia but raised in the North by a fiercely abolitionist stepfather and an emotionally unstable mother, Yancey grew up believing that abolitionists were cruel, meddling, and hypocritical. His personal journey led him through a series of mentors who transformed his political views, and upon moving to frontier Alabama in his twenties, Yancey's penchant for rhet |
| Titolo autorizzato: | William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War |
| ISBN: | 979-88-908797-7-6 |
| 0-8078-7734-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777606803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Civil War America.