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Washington Brotherhood Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War (Civil War America)

Rachel A. Shelden

Traditional portrayals of politicians in antebellum Washington, D.C., describe a violent and divisive society, full of angry debates and violent duels, a microcosm of the building animosity throughout the country. Yet, in

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This was a book authored by the guest, Rachel Shelden, concerning the political culture of the U.S. Supreme Court from the Jacksonian era to the 1890s.

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She's an associate professor of American history at Pennsylvania State University and the author of Washington Brotherhood, Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War.

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This was a book authored by the guest, Rachel Shelden, concerning the political culture of the U.S. Supreme Court from the Jacksonian era to the 1890s.

"

She's an associate professor of American history at Pennsylvania State University and the author of Washington Brotherhood, Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War.

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