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001 2012012497
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008 120406s2012 nyu b 001 0beng
010 $a 2012012497
020 $a9781107024786 (hardback)
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050 00 $aE415.9.D73$bQ58 2012
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084 $aHIS036040$2bisacsh
100 1 $aQuitt, Martin H.
245 10 $aStephen A. Douglas and Antebellum democracy /$cMartin H. Quitt.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2012.
263 $a1209
300 $ap. cm.
520 $a"This thematic biography demonstrates how Stephen Douglas's path from a conflicted youth in Vermont to dim prospects in New York to overnight stardom in Illinois led to his identification with the Democratic Party and his belief that the federal government should respect the diversity of states and territories. His relationships with his mother, sister, teachers, brothers-in-law, other men and two wives are explored in depth. When he conducted the first cross-country campaign by a presidential candidate in American history, few among the hundreds of thousands that saw him in 1860 knew that his wife and he had just lost their infant daughter or that Douglas controlled a large Mississippi slave plantation. His story illuminates the gap between democracy then and today. The book draws on a variety of previously unexamined sources"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Adolescence in Vermont; 2. Schooling, learning and passing the bar; 3. Family influence, stress and bonds; 4. Democratic prodigy in Illinois; 5. Douglas's constitutionalism, part i: noncitizen voting, apportionment and internal improvements; 6. Douglas's constitutionalism, part ii: slavery in the territories; 7. The campaign of 1860 and the code against campaigning; 8. In Lincoln's shadow; 9. Douglas's Mississippi slaves.
600 10 $aDouglas, Stephen A.$q(Stephen Arnold),$d1813-1861.
650 0 $aLegislators$zUnited States$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.$bSenate$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1845-1861.
650 0 $aLegislators$zIllinois$vBiography.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / 19th Century$2bisacsh.