James Madison, the South, and the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783–1803
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
| Author: | Jeffrey Allen Zemler | ISBN: | 9780739182185 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | December 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeffrey Allen Zemler |
| ISBN: | 9780739182185 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | December 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
The strong relationship that historians have described between the South and the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century had its origins in the twenty-year period after the American Revolution when a group of far-sighted southerners, with James Madison in the forefront, worked to form a political bond between the two regions. While many historians have taken this close relationship for granted or have dismissed it as a natural product of cultural similarities, strong family bonds and slavery being just two, it was built deliberately by a handful of forward-looking southerners with hard work and dedication. Jeffrey A. Zemler carefully analyzes the development of this bond and the history of these two regions during this twenty-year period, which is far more complicated than historians have imagined or described.
The strong relationship that historians have described between the South and the trans-Appalachian West in the early nineteenth century had its origins in the twenty-year period after the American Revolution when a group of far-sighted southerners, with James Madison in the forefront, worked to form a political bond between the two regions. While many historians have taken this close relationship for granted or have dismissed it as a natural product of cultural similarities, strong family bonds and slavery being just two, it was built deliberately by a handful of forward-looking southerners with hard work and dedication. Jeffrey A. Zemler carefully analyzes the development of this bond and the history of these two regions during this twenty-year period, which is far more complicated than historians have imagined or described.
