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008			140227s2014 ilu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781609091590
020			_a1609091590
020			_z9780875804866 (cloth)
020			_z9780875807065 (pbk.)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aF685 _b.P66 2014
082	0	0	_a978.1/02 _223
100	1		_aPonce, Pearl T.
245	1	0	_aTo govern the devil in hell _h[electronic resource] : _bthe political crisis in territorial Kansas / _cPearl T. Ponce.
260			_aDeKalb, IL : _bNIU Press, _c2014. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aJupiter'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".
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aKansas _xHistory _y1854-1861.
650		0	_aKansas _xPolitics and government _y1854-1861.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781609091590/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c30834 _d30834