{"title":"Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics","authors":"Edward R. Mcmahon","doi":"10.1086/ahr/14.2.369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/14.2.369","url":null,"abstract":"\"[The author] holds a brief for no man or party but has conscientiously aimed to present the situation as it appeared to Douglas and his contemporaries.\"","PeriodicalId":261959,"journal":{"name":"Washington Historical Quarterly","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124432104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Brothers' War","authors":"Edward R. Mcmahon","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvjsf3v8.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvjsf3v8.5","url":null,"abstract":"\"Less anxiety on the author's part and a more careful presentation of material would have been more effective.\"","PeriodicalId":261959,"journal":{"name":"Washington Historical Quarterly","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134482206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Background of the Purchase of Alaska","authors":"Victor J. Farrar","doi":"10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim040070088","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim040070088","url":null,"abstract":"\"How nice it would be to own the entire Pacific Coast to the Arctic. With the settlement of the Oregon Question, by dividing the Oregon Country, Alaska loses this significance, and its acquisition is not seriously contemplated until the Civil War, when it is desired as a base for naval stations in the Pacific, and purchased for that purpose.\"","PeriodicalId":261959,"journal":{"name":"Washington Historical Quarterly","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125148574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}