Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia: A Biography - Couverture souple

Schott, Thomas E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807121061 ISBN 13 : 9780807121061

Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 1996

Synopsis

WINNER OF THE JEFFERSON DAVIS AWARD

Rising from humble origins in the middle Georgia cotton belt, Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883) became one of the South's leading politicians and lawyers. Thomas E. Schott has written the first scholarly biography that analyzes the interplay between the public and private Stephens and between state and national politics during his contradictory career.

Stephens was a celebrated Whig, turned Democrat, who served as congressman from 1843 to 1859 and an antisecessionist who became vice-president of the Confederacy. Ignored by the Davis administration once in office, he eventually opposed most of its wartime policies. Schott argues that Stephens' devotion to the southern cause was as genuine as his devotion to civil liberties and states' rights. After the war, he became an elder statesman for Georgia, serving nine more years as a congress-man and the last five months of his life as governor.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Thomas E. Schott is an adjunct professor at the University of Oklahoma.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Louisiana State University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807121061
• ISBN 13: 9780807121061
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 584
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