The F Street Mess: How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebrask
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-10
1469635526
ISBN-13
9781469635521
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237366702
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Publication Name
F Street Mess : How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Language
English
Publication Year
2017
Subject
American Government / Legislative Branch, History & Theory, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, History
Series
Civil War America Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
14 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2017-020439
Reviews
A detailed overview of the antebellum legislative process and the detrimental ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act."-- Missouri Historical Review, "A welcomed contribution to the political history of the U.S. Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Act and its aftermath."-- Journal of the Civil War Era, [Malavasic] has carefully unpacked a major moment in US history, one that brought Americans to the brink of war."-- H-Net Reviews, "[Malavasic] has carefully unpacked a major moment in US history, one that brought Americans to the brink of war."-- H-Net Reviews, Makes a forthright case for the decisive role in the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.-- Journal of American History, Malavasic is a graceful storyteller whose keen account of senatorial intrigue will appeal to many historians."-- American Historical Review, Has much to offer as a legislative history, a demonstration of the value of collective biography, and a welcome contribution to the voluminous literature on slavery and antebellum politics . . . an engaging and accessible narrative."-- Civil War Monitor, A welcomed contribution to the political history of the U.S. Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Act and its aftermath.-- Journal of the Civil War Era, Malavasic is a graceful storyteller whose keen account of senatorial intrigue will appeal to many historians.-- American Historical Review, "A compelling work that shows that a real 'slave power conspiracy' did exist, at least in the Senate, and more so that understanding the friendships and private associations of legislators can reveal much about the direction and dynamics of making law and exercising power."-- Civil War Book Review, Makes a forthright case for the decisive role in the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act."-- Journal of American History, [Malavasic] has carefully unpacked a major moment in US history, one that brought Americans to the brink of war.-- H-Net Reviews, Has much to offer as a legislative history, a demonstration of the value of collective biography, and a welcome contribution to the voluminous literature on slavery and antebellum politics . . . an engaging and accessible narrative.-- Civil War Monitor, "Makes a forthright case for the decisive role in the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act."-- Journal of American History, "A detailed overview of the antebellum legislative process and the detrimental ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act."-- Missouri Historical Review, A compelling work that shows that a real 'slave power conspiracy' did exist, at least in the Senate, and more so that understanding the friendships and private associations of legislators can reveal much about the direction and dynamics of making law and exercising power."-- Civil War Book Review, A detailed overview of the antebellum legislative process and the detrimental ramifications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.-- Missouri Historical Review, A welcomed contribution to the political history of the U.S. Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Act and its aftermath."-- Journal of the Civil War Era, "Has much to offer as a legislative history, a demonstration of the value of collective biography, and a welcome contribution to the voluminous literature on slavery and antebellum politics . . . an engaging and accessible narrative."-- Civil War Monitor, "Malavasic is a graceful storyteller whose keen account of senatorial intrigue will appeal to many historians."-- American Historical Review, A compelling work that shows that a real 'slave power conspiracy' did exist, at least in the Senate, and more so that understanding the friendships and private associations of legislators can reveal much about the direction and dynamics of making law and exercising power.-- Civil War Book Review
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
320.473049
Synopsis
Pushing back against the idea that the Slave Power conspiracy was merely an ideological construction, Alice Elizabeth Malavasic argues that some southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery. Malavasic focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, and Robert M. T. Hunter and James Murray Mason of Virginia, known by their contemporaries as the "F Street Mess" for the location of the house they shared. Unlike the earlier and better-known triumvirate of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster, the F Street Mess was a functioning oligarchy within the U.S. Senate whose power was based on shared ideology, institutional seniority, and personal friendship.By centering on their most significant achievement -- forcing a rewrite of the Nebraska bill that repealed the restriction against slavery above the 36 30 parallel -- Malavasic demonstrates how the F Street Mess's mastery of the legislative process led to one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in United States history and helped pave the way to secession., Pushing back against the idea that the Slave Power conspiracy was merely an ideological construction, Alice Elizabeth Malavasic argues that some southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery. Malavasic focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, and Robert M. T. Hunter and James Murray Mason of Virginia, known by their contemporaries as the "F Street Mess" for the location of the house they shared. Unlike the earlier and better-known triumvirate of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster, the F Street Mess was a functioning oligarchy within the U.S. Senate whose power was based on shared ideology, institutional seniority, and personal friendship. By centering on their most significant achievement--forcing a rewrite of the Nebraska bill that repealed the restriction against slavery above the 36 degrees 30 parallel--Malavasic demonstrates how the F Street Mess's mastery of the legislative process led to one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in United States history and helped pave the way to secession., Pushing back against the idea that the Slave Power conspiracy was merely an ideological construction, Alice Elizabeth Malavasic argues that some southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power and used it to foster the interests of slavery. Malavasic focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison, Andrew Pickens Butler, Robert M. T. Hunter and James Murray Mason., Pushing back against the idea that the Slave Power conspiracy was merely an ideological construction, Alice Elizabeth Malavasic argues that some southern politicians in the 1850s did indeed hold an inordinate amount of power in the antebellum Congress and used it to foster the interests of slavery. Malavasic focuses her argument on Senators David Rice Atchison of Missouri, Andrew Pickens Butler of South Carolina, and Robert M. T. Hunter and James Murray Mason of Virginia, known by their contemporaries as the ?F Street Mess? for the location of the house they shared. Unlike the earlier and better-known triumvirate of John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and Daniel Webster, the F Street Mess was a functioning oligarchy within the U.S. Senate whose power was based on shared ideology, institutional seniority, and personal friendship. By centering on their most significant achievement ? forcing a rewrite of the Nebraska bill that repealed the restriction against slavery above the 36° 30? parallel ? Malavasic demonstrates how the F Street Mess?s mastery of the legislative process led to one of the most destructive pieces of legislation in United States history and helped pave the way to secession.
LC Classification Number
E433.M335 2017
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