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Non-Sectional Issues in American Politics, 1830–1875

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

Bruce Collins
Bruce Collins
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University of Glasgow
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The Historical Journal , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 709 - 719
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