The failure of popular sovereignty : slavery, manifest destiny, and the radicalization of southern politics /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Childers, Christopher
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
Series:	American political thought.
Subjects:	United States > Politics and government > 1783-1865. Southern States > Politics and government > 1775-1865. Representative government and representation > United States > History > 19th century. States' rights (American politics) > History > 19th century. Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century. Slavery > United States > Extension to the territories. United States > Territorial expansion > Political aspects. Manifest Destiny. Missouri compromise.

Table of Contents:

A desire for self-government : slavery in the early American territories
"Shall the creature govern the creator"? : self-government and the Missouri Compromise
"Forgotten principles of their forefathers": retreat from the Missouri Compromise
"A fit of convulsions" : the Wilmot Proviso and slavery in the West
"Intended to delude the South" : northern Democrats redefine popular sovereignty
"Shall the conquered govern the conqueror"? : popular sovereignty in the Mexican cession
"A recurrence to first principles" : Kansas-Nebraska and popular sovereignty
"Moves on the political chess-board" : southerners redefine popular sovereignty
Epilogue : the demise of popular sovereignty and the crisis of the union.