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William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War [[electronic resource] /] / Eric H. Walther



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Autore: Walther Eric H. <1960-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War [[electronic resource] /] / Eric H. Walther Visualizza cluster
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
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ISBN: 979-88-908797-7-6
0-8078-7734-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910777606803321
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Serie: Civil War America.