Toward a Patriarchal Republic: The Secession of Georgia

by Michael P. Johnson

Book Overview

Traditionally, the secession of the states in the lower South has been viewed as an irrational response to Lincoln's election or as a rational response to the genuine threat a Republican president posed to the geographical expansion of slavery. Both views emphasize the fundamental importance of relations between the federal government and the southern states, but overlook the degree to which secession was a response to a crisis within the South.Johnson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080712429X
• ISBN13: 9780807124291
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.2"