Durden, Robert Franklin. <br/><br/>
The self-inflicted wound  Southern politics in the nineteenth century / 
Robert F. Durden. 
 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  (c)1985. 
 - 1 online resource (161 pages). 
 - New Perspectives on the South .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Preface; Preface; CHAPTER ONE: The Jeffersonian Ascendancy 1800-1828; CHAPTER TWO: The South and the Second Party System 1828-1846; CHAPTER THREE: From Sectional Crisis to the Eve of Disunion 1846-1860; CHAPTER FOUR: Secession and War1860-1865; CHAPTER FIVE: Reconstruction and Redemption 1865-1890; Bibliographical Note; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y. 
<br/><br/> The essentially tragic political fate of the American South in the nineteenth century resulted from what Robert F. Durden calls a ""self-inflicted wound""--The gradual surrender of the white majority to the pride, fears, and hates of racism. In this gracefully written and closely reasoned study, Durden traces the course of southern political life from the predominantly optimistic, nationalistic Jeffersonian era to the sullenly sectional, chronically defensive decades following the Civil War. Politics, as the clearest reflection of the southern electorate's collective hopes and fears, illustra. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813161457 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Southern States--History--1865-1950.<br/>Southern States--Politics and government--1865-1950.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F213  / .S454 2015