| Description |
1 online resource (x, 289 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Contents |
Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner |
| Summary |
An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
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| SUBJECT |
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 fast |
| Subject |
Civil war -- United States -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Civil war
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140205
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140440
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Birkner, Michael J., 1950-
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Quist, John W., 1960-
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| ISBN |
0813045037 |
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9780813045030 |
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9780813046242 |
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0813046246 |
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