The Resource The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war, Joanne B. Freeman
The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war, Joanne B. Freeman
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- Summary
- In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374154776
- Label
- The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war
- Title
- The field of blood
- Title remainder
- violence in Congress and the road to civil war
- Statement of responsibility
- Joanne B. Freeman
- Subject
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- Democracy
- trueDisagreement
- trueDueling
- trueFeuds
- Hand-to-hand fighting
- Jack Frost, (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLegislators
- Legislators -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Legislators -- Violence against -- United States
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Debates and debating
- Political violence -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Politicians
- Slavery
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- United States, Congress -- History -- 19th century
- Violence
- truePolitical journalism
- trueAnti-slavery movements
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In The Field of Blood, Joanne B. Freeman recovers the long-lost story of physical violence on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, she shows that the Capitol was rife with conflict in the decades before the Civil War. Legislative sessions were often punctuated by mortal threats, canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. When debate broke down, congressmen drew pistols and waved Bowie knives. One representative even killed another in a duel. Many were beaten and bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance, particularly on the issue of slavery
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Freeman, Joanne B.
- Dewey number
- 973.7
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E338
- LC item number
- .F735 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- United States
- United States
- Legislators
- Legislators
- Political violence
- Political culture
- Jack Frost
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war, Joanne B. Freeman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-427) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374154776
- Lccn
- 2018010176
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- on1044782454
- (OCoLC)1044782454
- Label
- The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war, Joanne B. Freeman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-427) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 450 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374154776
- Lccn
- 2018010176
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- on1044782454
- (OCoLC)1044782454
Subject
- Democracy
- trueDisagreement
- trueDueling
- trueFeuds
- Hand-to-hand fighting
- Jack Frost, (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueLegislators
- Legislators -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Legislators -- Violence against -- United States
- Polarization (Social sciences)
- Political culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Debates and debating
- Political violence -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Politicians
- Slavery
- United States -- Politics and government
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- United States, Congress -- History -- 19th century
- Violence
- truePolitical journalism
- trueAnti-slavery movements
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