| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies in constitutional democracy
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Studies in constitutional democracy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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v. 1. Western slavery, national impasse |
| Contents |
Volume 1. Foreword: A fire bell in the past : the Missouri Crisis at 200 / Jeffrey L. Pasley -- Introduction: The Missouri Crisis as early American history / Jeffrey L. Pasley and John Craig Hammond -- Background to the Missouri Crisis, 1770-1820. The centrality of slavery : enslavement and settler sovereignty in Missouri, 1770-1820 / John Craig Hammond -- The Boon's Lick land rush and the coming of the Missouri Crisis / Robert Lee -- Slavery, war, and democracy : the winding road to the Missouri Crisis / Jeffrey L. Pasley -- State, sectional, and political power in the Missouri Crisis. Border control : slavery, diffusion, and state formation in the era of the Missouri Crisis / Christa Dierksheide -- "At war with their equal rights" : the Missouri Crisis in southern eyes / John R. Van Atta -- The surprising politics of the Missouri Compromise : antislavery doughfaces, Maine, and the myth of sectional balance / Donald Ratcliffe -- The personal and the political in the Missouri Crisis. James Tallmadge Jr. and the personal politics of antislavery / Sarah L. H. Gronningsater -- Litigating freedom during the Missouri Crisis / Anne Twitty -- Sharing the founders' flame : John Jay, Missouri, and memory / David N. Gellman -- John Quincy Adams, the Missouri Crisis, and the long politics of slavery / David Waldstreicher -- Daniel Raymond, Mathew Carey, the Missouri Crisis, and the global 1820s / Andrew Shankman. |
| Summary |
"This book, planned as the first of two volumes, aims to explore the Missouri Crisis and the many reverberations and ramifications thereof. The volumes are offered as part of the University of Missouri and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy's contribution to the state's 2021 bicentennial commemoration"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Missouri compromise.
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Missouri compromise. |
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Missouri compromise -- Historiography.
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Historiography. |
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Slavery -- Political aspects. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Slavery -- United States -- Extension to the territories.
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Slavery. |
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Slavery -- Extension to the territories. |
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Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- 19th century.
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Sectionalism (United States) |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1817-1825.
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Politics and government. |
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1817-1825 |
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Missouri -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
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Missouri. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century.
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Territorial expansion. |
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To 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Author |
Pasley, Jeffrey L., 1964- editor.
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Hammond, John Craig, 1974- editor.
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| Added Title |
Western slavery, national impasse.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fire bell in the past. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2021]- 9780826222312 (DLC) 2021003501 (OCoLC)1198557580 |
| ISBN |
0826274587 |
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9780826274588 (electronic book) |
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9780826222312 (v. 1 ; hardcover) |
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