Free Hearts and Free Homes Gender and American Antislavery Politics |
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| Author:
| Pierson, Michael D. |
| Series title: | Gender and American Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8078-2782-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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Pierson reveals that from the start of the Liberty party in 1840 through the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860, antislavery parties made gender central to their politics by celebrating the social practices of modernizing Northern families and attacking their Democratic foes as defenders of an older and less egalitarian patriarchal world.
Pierson reveals that from the start of the Liberty party in 1840 through the election of Republican Abraham Lincoln in 1860, antislavery parties made gender central to their politics by celebrating the social practices of modernizing Northern families and attacking their Democratic foes as defenders of an older and less egalitarian patriarchal world.