Introduction : a disastrous decade / Paul Finkelman
Politics, patronage, and public policy : the Compromise of 1850 / Michael F. Holt
The appeasement of 1850 / Paul Finkleman
Beyond the balance rule : Congress, statehood, and slavery, 1850-1859 / Matthew Glassman
Manifest destiny's hangover : Congress confronts territorial expansion and martial masculinity in the 1850s / Amy S. Greenberg
"When the victims of oppression stand up manfully for themselves" : the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 and the role of African Americans in obstructing its enforcement / Spencer R. Crew
"Agitation is as necessary as tranquility is dangerous" : Kinsley S. Bingham becomes a Republican / Martin J. Hershock
Dred, panic, war : how a slave case triggered financial crisis and civil disunion / Jenny Wahl
"Hit him again" : the caning of Charles Sumner / Brooks D. Simpson.
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Congress and the crisis of the 1850s. ISBN 9780821419779. Published by Ohio University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
