Stephen A. Douglas and the dilemmas of democratic equality / James L. Huston.

SeriesAmerican profiles
American profiles (Lanham, Md.) ^A517948
Contents Creating democracy, 1813-1840 -- Democracy, commerce, and manifest destiny -- The Compromise of 1850 -- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and its aftermath, 1851-1856 -- Popular sovereignty fails : the Lecompton constitution battle, 1857-1859 -- The election of 1860 -- Secession and the limits of democracy, 1860-1861.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index.
LCCN 2006012899
ISBN0742534561 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780742534568