To govern the devil in hell
Ponce, Pearl T.
To govern the devil in hell the political crisis in territorial Kansas / [electronic resource] : Pearl T. Ponce. - DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jupiter's gift: the creation of Kansas Territory -- Territorial politics and the struggle for party supremacy, 1854-1855 -- Kansas in 1856: the escalating conflict -- Congress and the Kansas issue in 1856 -- The 1856 presidential campaign and Kansas as a party issue -- Pledges and principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857 -- "The noise of democracy": the struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas -- Conclusion: "To the stars through difficulty".
9781609091590 1609091590
Kansas--History--1854-1861.
Kansas--Politics and government--1854-1861.
Electronic books.
F685 / .P66 2014
978.1/02
To govern the devil in hell the political crisis in territorial Kansas / [electronic resource] : Pearl T. Ponce. - DeKalb, IL : NIU Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Jupiter's gift: the creation of Kansas Territory -- Territorial politics and the struggle for party supremacy, 1854-1855 -- Kansas in 1856: the escalating conflict -- Congress and the Kansas issue in 1856 -- The 1856 presidential campaign and Kansas as a party issue -- Pledges and principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857 -- "The noise of democracy": the struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas -- Conclusion: "To the stars through difficulty".
9781609091590 1609091590
Kansas--History--1854-1861.
Kansas--Politics and government--1854-1861.
Electronic books.
F685 / .P66 2014
978.1/02