{"product_id":"the-websterhayne-debate-9781421426136","title":"The WebsterHayne Debate","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA crucial senatorial debate on the question of the states' relationship to the federal government.   Two generations after the founding, Americans still disagreed on the nature of the Union. Was it a confederation of sovereign states or a nation headed by a central government? To South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne and others of his mindset, only the vigilant protection of states' rights could hold off an attack on the southern way of life, which was undergirded by slavery. Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster, on the other hand, believed that the political and economic ascendancy of New Englandand the nationrequired a strong, activist national government. In The Webster-Hayne Debate, Christopher Childers focuses on the sharp dispute that engaged Webster and Hayne in January 1830. During Senate discussion of western land policy, Childers explains, the senators' exchanges grew first earnest and then heated, finally landing on the question of unionits nature and its value in a federal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Webster-Hayne Debate\u003c\/i\u003e, Christopher Childers examines the context of the debate between Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and his Senate colleague Robert S. Hayne of South Carolina in January 1830 . . . Readers will finish the book with a clear idea of the reason Webster's \"Reply\" became so influential in its own day. They will also better understand the debate's political context.\u003cbr\u003e—Asaf Almog, University of Virginia, \u003ci\u003eWestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Childers's contribution to Johns Hopkins University Press's highly regarded Witness to History series reminds us that the [Webster-Hayne] debate remains a subject well worth considering, both for its oratorical power and, perhaps even more importantly, for what it reveals about the complex and intricately nuanced nature of the nation's Jacksonian political culture. The chief strength of Childers's work is its ability to provide readers with a sophisticated overview of the shifting political landscape that inspired this highly charged and symbolically rich exchange.\u003cbr\u003e—Martin Hershock, University of Michigan–Dearborn, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Webster-Hayne Debate: Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent fit for the undergraduate classroom and will surely spark conversation about the relationship between the states and the Union . . . this work serves as an introduction to this pivotal moment and to the politics of early antebellum America.\u003cbr\u003e—Thomas Blake Earle, Texas A\u0026amp;M University at Galveston, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003ePrologue. We the States or We the People? \u003cbr\u003e1. New England’s March toward Nationalism \u003cbr\u003e2. The South’s March toward Sectionalism\u003cbr\u003e3. The West Asserts Its Power\u003cbr\u003e4. The Great Debate\u003cbr\u003e5. Nullification and Nationhood\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. The Webster-Hayne Debate in Historical Memory\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eEssay on Sources\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529535955287,"sku":"9781421426136","price":51.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421426136.jpg?v=1731876001","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-websterhayne-debate-9781421426136","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}