1: A Savage Place: The Mississippi Frontier, Masculinity, and
Political Culture in the 1830s
2: Early Autumn: An Episode from Mississippi's Political Culture:
The Secession Crisis of 1849-51
3: Mortal Stakes: The Politics of Antipartyism
4: Small Vices: Voters, Elections, and the Myth of Party
Domination
5: Playmates: Voting and Governing in the Neighborhood
6: Ceremony: The Ritual Power of Politics
7: Chance: Know Nothings and the Political Culture
8: Valediction: The Political Culture of Secession
Appendix
Notes
Christopher J. Olsen is Assistant Professor of History at Indiana State University.
"Olsen establishes his case through meticulous combing of voter
records. Olsen achieves a much finer level of analysis than often
seen with voting returns. The statistical material is nicely
balanced with literary and anecdotal evidence, ensuring that the
stories of real people are never obscured. Those interested in the
mechanics of the second party system or the coming of secession
with find it an important book."--The Journal of Southern
History
"Olsen crafts the most thoroughly situated linkage of honor and
secession yet to appear in print...[T]he best case study to date of
the cultural context that stifled sectional moderation and put the
nation on the high road to civil war."--Journal of the Early
Republic
"Well researched and carefully crafted...[M]erits the attention of
historians of the late national period, particularly those
interested in the South, Mississippi particularly, and the
sectional crisis."--Georgia Historical Quarterly
"An excellent book on both the culture of southern secession and
the persistance of antiparty values in mid-nineteenth century
America. What [he] says about local political culture should
command the attention of political historians for some time to
come."--The North Carolina Historical Review
"This analysis is a useful addition to the growing corpus
reinterpreting the mind and spirit of the antebellum
South."--CHOICE
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