The Election of 1860 Reconsidered

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Contents list of illustrations ix acknowledgments xi introduction: the election of 1860 reconsidered A. James Fuller 1 1 the Political organizer: abraham lincoln’s 1860 campaign Michael S. Green 7 2 the 1860 Southern Sojourns of Stephen a. Douglas and the irrepressible Separation James L. Huston 29 3 a Forlorn hope: interpreting the Breckinridge campaign as a Matter of honor A. James Fuller 69 4 the last true whig: John Bell and the Politics of compromise in 1860 A. James Fuller 103 5 Frederick Douglass and the abolitionist response to the election of 1860 John R. McKivigan 141 6 Saving the republic: turnout, ideology, and republicanism in the election of 1860 Thomas E. Rodgers 165 7 the election of 1860 and Political realignment theory: indiana as a case Study A. James Fuller 193 8 the view from abroad: europeans look at the election of 1860 Lawrence Sondhaus 225 9 “an inscrutable election?”: the historiography of the election of 1860 Douglas G. Gardner 245 contributors 265 index 267 ...