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Autore: | Bergeron Paul H. <1938-> |
Titolo: | Antebellum politics in Tennessee / / Paul H. Bergeron |
Pubblicazione: | Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1982 |
©1982 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (223 p.) |
Disciplina: | 976.8/04 |
Soggetto geografico: | Tennessee Politics and government To 1865 |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Bibliography: p. [167]-171. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; I: Introduction; II: Electoral Behavior: An Overview; III: Political Revolution, 1834-39; IV: Political Maturity, 1840-49; V: Politics Transformed, 1850-59; VI: Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliographical Essay; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Sommario/riassunto: | Tennessee played a critical and vital role in national politics in the mid-nineteenth century. Two Tennesseans, for example, served as president and two others were presidential candidates. Such prominence be-speaks the importance of politics in the state's antebellum culture. For the first time in its history Tennessee developed a two-party system, one that was vigorous and exciting.In his study Paul H. Bergeron examines the development of this two-party competition by focusing on statewide contests. Two-party politics in Tennessee was marked by intense and evenly balanced competition, so muc |
Titolo autorizzato: | Antebellum politics in Tennessee |
ISBN: | 0-8131-6209-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910820251903321 |
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