Author: Chauncey Mitchell Depew
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Published: 1910
Total Pages: 436
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Joseph Ripley Chandler
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Published: 1845
Total Pages: 450
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Pearl Ponce
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2014-06-30
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1609091590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violence broke out in Kansas in 1856, of equal concern but less illuminated is the question of why government, both local and national, allowed the violence to continue unstanched for so long. This question is fundamentally about governance-its existence, exercise, limits, and continuance-and its study has ramifications for understanding both Kansas events and why the American experiment in government failed in 1861. In addition, the book also sheds light on the nature of democracy, the challenges of implanting it in distant environs, the necessity of cooperation at the various levels of government, and the value of strong leadership. To Govern the Devil in Hell uses the prism of governance to investigate what went wrong in territorial Kansas. From the first elections in late 1854 and early 1855, local government was tarnished with cries of illegitimacy that territorial officials could not ameliorate. Soon after, a shadow government was created which further impeded local management of territorial challenges. Ultimately, this book addresses why Presidents Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan failed to act, what hindered Congress from stepping into the void, and why and how the lack of effective governance harmed Kansas and later the United States.
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-02-15
Total Pages: 666
ISBN-13: 3382306190
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author: Massachusetts Historical Society (BOSTON, Massachusetts). Library
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 672
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Published: 1859
Total Pages: 754
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress
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Published: 2004
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author: Joseph Sabin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-03-23
Total Pages: 574
ISBN-13: 3846047430
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.