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The Resource Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War, Rachel A. Shelden, the University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War, Rachel A. Shelden, the University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

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"Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived"--
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eng
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xiii, 281 pages
Contents
  • Introduction: the Washington fraternity in the mid-ninenteenth century
  • Prologue: the politician's landscape in antebellum Washington
  • A perfect Tower of Babel: the culture of congress and the Wilmot Proviso
  • Odd fellows, teetotalers, and Young Indians: Washington associations and the election of 1848
  • Behind the curtain where great men relax: capital social life and the Compromise of 1850
  • An F Street mess: federal living arrangements and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
  • The most immoral and corrupt place in the Union: vice, violence, and the caning of Charles Sumner
  • We know no Lecompton here: cross-partisan relationships and the fight over Kansas
  • Like taking a last leave of a brother: the Washington Community faces the secession crisis
  • Epilogue: the Washington brotherhood in war and peace
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9781469610856
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Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War
Title
Washington brotherhood
Title remainder
politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War
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Rachel A. Shelden, the University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
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Politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War
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Language
eng
Summary
"Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived"--
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1981-
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Shelden, Rachel A.
Dewey number
973.7
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plans
Index
index present
LC call number
E166
LC item number
.S55 2013
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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Civil War America
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  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.)
  • Politicians
  • Statesmen
  • Political culture
  • Political culture
  • United States
  • Manners and customs
  • Political culture
  • Politicians
  • Politics and government
  • Statesmen
  • United States
  • Washington (D.C.)
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Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War, Rachel A. Shelden, the University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index
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text
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Contents
Introduction: the Washington fraternity in the mid-ninenteenth century -- Prologue: the politician's landscape in antebellum Washington -- A perfect Tower of Babel: the culture of congress and the Wilmot Proviso -- Odd fellows, teetotalers, and Young Indians: Washington associations and the election of 1848 -- Behind the curtain where great men relax: capital social life and the Compromise of 1850 -- An F Street mess: federal living arrangements and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -- The most immoral and corrupt place in the Union: vice, violence, and the caning of Charles Sumner -- We know no Lecompton here: cross-partisan relationships and the fight over Kansas -- Like taking a last leave of a brother: the Washington Community faces the secession crisis -- Epilogue: the Washington brotherhood in war and peace
Control code
ocn838415655
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiii, 281 pages
Isbn
9781469610856
Lccn
2013022516
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, plans
Label
Washington brotherhood : politics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War, Rachel A. Shelden, the University of Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Introduction: the Washington fraternity in the mid-ninenteenth century -- Prologue: the politician's landscape in antebellum Washington -- A perfect Tower of Babel: the culture of congress and the Wilmot Proviso -- Odd fellows, teetotalers, and Young Indians: Washington associations and the election of 1848 -- Behind the curtain where great men relax: capital social life and the Compromise of 1850 -- An F Street mess: federal living arrangements and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 -- The most immoral and corrupt place in the Union: vice, violence, and the caning of Charles Sumner -- We know no Lecompton here: cross-partisan relationships and the fight over Kansas -- Like taking a last leave of a brother: the Washington Community faces the secession crisis -- Epilogue: the Washington brotherhood in war and peace
Control code
ocn838415655
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xiii, 281 pages
Isbn
9781469610856
Lccn
2013022516
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, plans

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