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005			20240726105406.0
008			131216s2013 ncuac ob 001 0 eng d
040			_aNT _beng _erda _epn _cNT
020			_a9781469612683 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
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050	0	4	_aE166 _b.W374 2013
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aShelden, Rachel A., _d1981- _e1
245	1	0	_aWashington brotherhood : _bpolitics, social life, and the coming of the Civil War / _cRachel A. Shelden.
260			_aChapel Hill : _bThe University of North Carolina Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (281 pages) : _billustrations, portraits.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aCivil War America
520	0		_a"Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in Washington Brotherhood, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s--particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories. Shelden uses primary documents--from housing records to personal diaries--to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington "bubble" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aPoliticians _zUnited States _xSocial life and customs _y19th century.
650		0	_aStatesmen _zUnited States _xSocial life and customs _y19th century.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zUnited States _xHistory _y19th century.
650		0	_aPolitical culture _zWashington (D.C.) _xHistory _y19th century.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=582983&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hE _m2013 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell