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The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war /

Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, Freeman shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and w...

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Main Author: Freeman, Joanne B., 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects and Genres:
United States. > Congress > History > 19th century.
United States. > Congress
United States. > Congress > History.
1800-1899
Legislators > United States > History > 19th century.
Legislators > Violence against > United States.
Political violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Violence politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Corruption & Misconduct.
Legislators.
Political culture.
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Legislators > United States > History.
United States > Politics and government > 1815-1861.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1815-1861.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
United States.
1815-1861.
Causes.
Nonfiction.
History.
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Call Number: E 338 .F735 2018
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