{"product_id":"washington-brotherhood-politics-social-life-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war","title":"Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWashington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eRachel A Shelden\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781469610856\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of North Carolina Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2013\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e296\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eTraditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in \u003ci\u003eWashington Brotherhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Rachel Shelden paints a more nuanced portrait of Washington as a less fractious city with a vibrant social and cultural life. Politicians from different parties and sections of the country interacted in a variety of day-to-day activities outside traditional political spaces and came to know one another on a personal level. Shelden shows that this engagement by figures such as Stephen Douglas, John Crittenden, Abraham Lincoln, and Alexander Stephens had important consequences for how lawmakers dealt with the sectional disputes that bedeviled the country during the 1840s and 1850s -- particularly disputes involving slavery in the territories.\u003cbr\u003eShelden uses primary documents -- from housing records to personal diaries -- to reveal the ways in which this political sociability influenced how laws were made in the antebellum era. Ultimately, this Washington \"bubble\" explains why so many of these men were unprepared for secession and war when the winter of 1860-61 arrived.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War | Rachel A Shelden | Hardcover | 9781469610856 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1788699","offer_id":67857734402200,"sku":"1788699","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71PSUMp9GmL.jpg?v=1793495693","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/washington-brotherhood-politics-social-life-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}