Richard H. Owens

Rogue State

The Unconstitutional Process of Establishing West Virginia Statehood

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explains how West Virginia entered-and remains-in the Union under unconstitutional circumstances. Though the U.S. government pledged to prevent the secession of eleven states from the Union, they nevertheless condoned, abetted, supported, and ultimately affirmed secession of fifty counties without permission from Virginia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 78
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9780761859765
• ISBN-10: 0761859764
• Artikelnr.: 38480491

Autorenporträt

Richard H. Owens

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 Overview
2 Background
3 Designs for Division and Dismemberment
4 Precipitation: The Critical Events of 1859 and 1860
5 The First Act of Secession: Virginia
6 Constitutional Legerdemain: Seceding from a Seceded State
7 On the Battlefield
8 Rogue Statehood
9 Lincoln's Concerns and Congressional Intent
10 West Virginia Constitutions and Politics
11 Epilogue
Appendix
Endnotes
Bibliography