| Description |
xi, 283 p. : map ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
New directions in southern history |
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New directions in southern history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Footstool of liberty's throne : hero-making versus historiography -- Land of the Franks : the backcountry economy of upper east Tennessee -- Acts of designing men : community, conflict, and control -- Agreeable to a republican government : the rise of backcountry partisanship, 1784-1785 -- Strange spectacle of two empires : statesmanship, speculation, and the dimming fortunes of separatism -- Where the fire of peace is always kept burning : land, diplomacy, and the tragedy of the Tennessee Valley's principal people -- Death in all its various and frightful shapes : the last days of the state of Franklin -- Vassals del Rey de Espaņa : the Franklin-Spanish conspiracy, 1786-1789 -- Rocked to death in the cradle of secession : the antebellum evolution of Franklin, 1783-1861 -- Epilogue: Finding Frankland : the legacy of separation in the twentieth century. |
| Subject |
Social conflict -- Tennessee River Valley -- History.
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Secession -- Tennessee River Valley -- History.
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Secession -- United States -- Case studies.
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Franklin (State) -- History.
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Tennessee River Valley -- History.
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Tennessee River Valley -- Social conditions.
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Tennessee River Valley -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
9780813125213 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0813125219 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780813129877 (pbk.) |
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0813129877 (pbk.) |
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