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- catalog abstract ""The Peculiar Democracy analyzes antebellum politics in terms of the connections between slavery, manhood, and the legacies of Jefferson and Jackson. It then looks at the secession crisis through the anxieties felt by Democratic politicians who claimed concern for the interests of both slaveholders and nonslaveholders. At the heart of the book is a collective biography of five individuals whose stories highlight the limitations of democratic political culture in a society dominated by the "peculiar institution." Through narratives informed by recent scholarship on gender, honor, class, and the law, Hettle profiles South Carolina's Francis W. Pickens, Georgia's Joseph Brown, Alabama's Jeremiah Clemens, Virginia's John Rutherfoord, and Mississippi's Jefferson Davis." "The Civil War stories presented in The Peculiar Democracy illuminate the political and sometimes personal tragedy of men torn between a political culture based on egalitarian rhetoric and the wartime imperatives to defend slavery."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12104777.
- catalog coverage "Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The Civil War stories presented in The Peculiar Democracy illuminate the political and sometimes personal tragedy of men torn between a political culture based on egalitarian rhetoric and the wartime imperatives to defend slavery."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""The Peculiar Democracy analyzes antebellum politics in terms of the connections between slavery, manhood, and the legacies of Jefferson and Jackson. It then looks at the secession crisis through the anxieties felt by Democratic politicians who claimed concern for the interests of both slaveholders and nonslaveholders. At the heart of the book is a collective biography of five individuals whose stories highlight the limitations of democratic political culture in a society dominated by the "peculiar institution." Through narratives informed by recent scholarship on gender, honor, class, and the law, Hettle profiles South Carolina's Francis W. Pickens, Georgia's Joseph Brown, Alabama's Jeremiah Clemens, Virginia's John Rutherfoord, and Mississippi's Jefferson Davis."".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Jefferson, Jackson, and the Southern Foundations of Democratic Politics -- The Approaching Storm: Southern Democrats and the Sectional Crisis -- The "Self-Analysis" of John C. Rutherfoord: Democracy and the Manhood of a Virginia Secessionist -- An Ambiguous Democrat: Joseph Brown, Secession, and the Confederacy -- The Price of Moderation: Francis W. Pickens and the Factionalism of South Carolina -- Curing the "Sir Walter Disease": The Politics and Fiction of Jeremiah Clemens -- Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy's Dysfunctional Democracy.".
- catalog extent "xi, 240 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0820322822 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press,".
- catalog spatial "Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865.".
- catalog spatial "Southern States".
- catalog spatial "Southern States.".
- catalog subject "324.2736/0975/09034 21".
- catalog subject "Democratic Party (U.S.) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "F214 .H48 2001".
- catalog subject "Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Political culture Southern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Politicians Southern States History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Secession Southern States.".
- catalog subject "Sectionalism (U.S.) History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Sectionalism (United States) History 19th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Jefferson, Jackson, and the Southern Foundations of Democratic Politics -- The Approaching Storm: Southern Democrats and the Sectional Crisis -- The "Self-Analysis" of John C. Rutherfoord: Democracy and the Manhood of a Virginia Secessionist -- An Ambiguous Democrat: Joseph Brown, Secession, and the Confederacy -- The Price of Moderation: Francis W. Pickens and the Factionalism of South Carolina -- Curing the "Sir Walter Disease": The Politics and Fiction of Jeremiah Clemens -- Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy's Dysfunctional Democracy.".
- catalog title "The peculiar democracy : Southern democrats in peace and Civil War / Wallace Hettle.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".