Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1-Jupiter's Gift: The Creation of Kansas Territory; 2-Territorial Politics and the Struggle forParty Supremacy, 1854-1855; 3-Kansas in 1856: The Escalating Conflict; 4-Congress and the Kansas Issue in 1856; 5-The 1856 Presidential Campaign and Kansasas a Party Issue; 6-Pledges and Principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857; 7-"The Noise of Democracy": The Struggle over the Lecompton Constitution inCongress and Kansas; Conclusion-"To the Stars Through Difficulty"; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F.
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