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The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens: Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era

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The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens: Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era - Birkner, Michael J (Editor), and Miller, Randall M (Editor), and Quist, John W (Editor)
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"The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the ...

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The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens: Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era 2019, LSU Press, Baton Rouge

ISBN-13: 9780807170816

Hardcover