Senator Benton and the People : Master Race Democracy on the Early American Frontier. /
Mueller, Ken.
- Northern Illinois University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource (328 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- SENATOR BENTON AND THE PEOPLE -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Honor and Country: Bloody Island -- 2 The Transformation of Frontier Missouri: Frontiers of Inclusion, Frontiers of Exclusion -- 3 The Triumph of Master Race Democracy: The Racialization of American Politics -- 4 "The Land Belongs to the People": Public Lands, States' Rights, and the "Indian Problem" -- 5 Old Bullion and the Borderlands: Mexican Dollars -- 6 The Destiny of the Races: The Free Soil Schism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
9781501757556
United States. Congress. Senate --Biography. États-Unis. Congress. Senate --Biographies.