| Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the Republic (1897) Contributor(s): Powell, Edward Payson (Author) |
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ISBN: 1584771321 ISBN-13: 9781584771326 Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973.5 |
| LCCN: 00067013 |
| Physical Information: 1.19" H x 6" W x 9" (1.91 lbs) 478 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A study of sucession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation. The six attempts at nullification and secession that he examines are: - the Nullification Resolutions of 1798 - the plot for a northern confederacy (1803-1804) - the Burr plot (1805-1806) - New England nullification and the Hartford Convention (1812-1814) - South Carolina's attempts at nullification (1832) - the secession of 11 states and creation of the confederacy (1861). |
Contributor Bio(s): Powell, Edward Payson: - EDWARD PAYSON POWELL (1833-1915) was an American author and journalist. He graduated from Hamilton College and Union Theological Seminary and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1817. He embarked on his journalism career in 1886 when he joined the St. Louis Globe-Democrat in 1886 as an editorial writer; he later (1900) moved to The Independent of New York, a civil rights and anti-slavery newspaper. |