Emotional and sectional conflict in the antebellum United States /
Woods, Michael E.
Emotional and sectional conflict in the antebellum United States / Michael E. Woods. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Finding the heart of the sectional conflict -- Prologue: Slavery, sectionalism, and the affective theory of the Union -- Part I. Emotion and the Growth of Sectional Political Identities -- Free labor, slave labor, and the political economy of happiness -- Managed hearts and unmanageable slaves -- Jealousy and the sectionalization of emotional styles -- Part II. Emotion and the Mobilization of Sectional Coalitions -- Indignation and the fitful growth of mass antislavery sentiment, 1820-1856 -- Indignation and the Northern mobilization for war, 1856-1861 -- Political jealousy and Southern radicalism from nullification to secession -- Mourning and the mobilization of reluctant secessionists, 1860-1861 -- Epilogue: Reconstructing the affective theory of the Union.
"The sectional conflict over slavery in the United States was not only a clash between labor systems and political ideologies but also a viscerally felt part of the lives of antebellum Americans. This book contributes to the growing field of emotions history by exploring how specific emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of, and responses to, the sectional conflict in order to explain why it culminated in disunion and war. Emotions from indignation to jealousy were inextricably embedded in antebellum understandings of morality, citizenship, and political affiliation. Their arousal in the context of political debates encouraged Northerners and Southerners alike to identify with antagonistic sectional communities and to view the conflicts between them as worth fighting over. Michael E. Woods synthesizes two schools of thought on Civil War causation: the fundamentalist, which foregrounds deep-rooted economic, cultural, and political conflict, and the revisionist, which stresses contingency, individual agency, and collective passion"--
9781316074381 (electronic bk.) 1316074382 (electronic bk.) 9781107706453 (electronic bk.) 1107706459 (electronic bk.) 9781316079126 1316079120
To 1899
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Sectionalism (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Emotions--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Emotions--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY--19th Century.--United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Sectionalism (United States)
Emotions--Political aspects.
Emotions--Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Slavery--Political aspects.
Slavery--Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Social conflict.
War--Causes.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
États-Unis--Conditions sociales--Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1815-1861.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E415.7 / .W79 2014eb
303.6097309/034
Emotional and sectional conflict in the antebellum United States / Michael E. Woods. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Finding the heart of the sectional conflict -- Prologue: Slavery, sectionalism, and the affective theory of the Union -- Part I. Emotion and the Growth of Sectional Political Identities -- Free labor, slave labor, and the political economy of happiness -- Managed hearts and unmanageable slaves -- Jealousy and the sectionalization of emotional styles -- Part II. Emotion and the Mobilization of Sectional Coalitions -- Indignation and the fitful growth of mass antislavery sentiment, 1820-1856 -- Indignation and the Northern mobilization for war, 1856-1861 -- Political jealousy and Southern radicalism from nullification to secession -- Mourning and the mobilization of reluctant secessionists, 1860-1861 -- Epilogue: Reconstructing the affective theory of the Union.
"The sectional conflict over slavery in the United States was not only a clash between labor systems and political ideologies but also a viscerally felt part of the lives of antebellum Americans. This book contributes to the growing field of emotions history by exploring how specific emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of, and responses to, the sectional conflict in order to explain why it culminated in disunion and war. Emotions from indignation to jealousy were inextricably embedded in antebellum understandings of morality, citizenship, and political affiliation. Their arousal in the context of political debates encouraged Northerners and Southerners alike to identify with antagonistic sectional communities and to view the conflicts between them as worth fighting over. Michael E. Woods synthesizes two schools of thought on Civil War causation: the fundamentalist, which foregrounds deep-rooted economic, cultural, and political conflict, and the revisionist, which stresses contingency, individual agency, and collective passion"--
9781316074381 (electronic bk.) 1316074382 (electronic bk.) 9781107706453 (electronic bk.) 1107706459 (electronic bk.) 9781316079126 1316079120
To 1899
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Slavery--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Sectionalism (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Emotions--Social aspects--History--19th century.
Emotions--Political aspects--History--United States--19th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY--19th Century.--United States
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Sectionalism (United States)
Emotions--Political aspects.
Emotions--Social aspects.
Politics and government.
Slavery--Political aspects.
Slavery--Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Social conflict.
War--Causes.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--Social conditions--To 1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
États-Unis--Conditions sociales--Jusqu'à 1865.
États-Unis--Politique et gouvernement--1815-1861.
United States.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
E415.7 / .W79 2014eb
303.6097309/034