The Democratic Collapse, How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861, The University of North Carolina Press, Lauren N. Haumesser,United States/Civil War Period (1850-1877),HISTORY, Democratic Party; antebellum politics; political conservatism; gender, race, and American politics; masculinity and politics; coming of the Civil War; Bleeding Kansas; Lecompton Constitution; John Brown’s Raid; Election of 1856; Election of 1860; southern secession; extension of slavery; John Frémont; James Buchanan; Jessie Frémont; Stephen Douglas; Mormonism, polygamy, and nineteenth century politics; political polarization; opposition to women’s rights movement; opposition to free love movement; partisan newspapers; debates over “domestic institutions”; conservative critiques of Lydia Maria Child; conservative women and politics; debates over popular sovereignty; Abraham Lincoln; American Civil War; John Breckinridge,, Civil War America, United States, en-UShttps://uncpress.orgDemocratic Party; antebellum politics; political conservatism; gender, race, and American politics; masculinity and politics; coming of the Civil War; Bleeding Kansas; Lecompton Constitution; John Brown’s Raid; Election of 1856; Election of 1860; southern secession; extension of slavery; John Frémont; James Buchanan; Jessie Frémont; Stephen Douglas; Mormonism, polygamy, and nineteenth century politics; political polarization; opposition to women’s rights movement; opposition to free love movement; partisan newspapers; debates over “domestic institutions”; conservative critiques of Lydia Maria Child; conservative women and politics; debates over popular sovereignty; Abraham Lincoln; American Civil War; John Breckinridge, [BLURB],[CITY],NC,books, ebooks, biblet, Book2look