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020			_a9781139176033 (ebook)
020			_z9781107024786 (hardback)
020			_z9781107639010 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aE415.9.D73 _bQ58 2012
082	0	0	_a328.73/092 B _223
100	1		_aQuitt, Martin H., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aStephen A. Douglas and Antebellum Democracy / _cMartin H. Quitt.
246	3		_aStephen A. Douglas & Antebellum Democracy
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (223 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aThis 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.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107024786
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139176033
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38391 _d38391