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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"secession"”.
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Liberalism, self-determination, and secession.
… Since the primary question in a secessionist conflict concerns the territory being contested, any analysis of the right to secede must provide an account of what grounds the existing state's claim to political jurisdiction over its territory. With this in mind, I examine consent …
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An historical comparison between the Southern secession movement of 1860 and the Soviet secession movements of today
… an historical interpretation of the Southern secession movement of 1860 in order to formulate a secession theory consisting of three separate elements: 1) the growth of political faction; 2) a characteristic of the factional clash which renders the resulting crisis particularly unsuitable for …
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Rockbridge County unionism and the secession crisis
… in Rockbridge County, Virginia for much of the secession crisis. This thesis traces the political development of Unionism in Rockbridge, examines the economic factors that influenced many county residents to maintain allegiance to the federal Union, and shows how this allegiance manifested …
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Secession and Survival: Nations, States and Violent Conflict
<p>Secession is a watershed event not only for the new state that is created and the old state that is dissolved, but also for neighboring states, proximate ethno-political groups and major powers. This project examines the problem of violent secessionist conflict and addresses an important debate …
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Competing Narratives: St. Louis Journalism During the Secession Crisis, 1860-1861
… the role of the St. Louis press during the secession crisis, December 1860 to May 1861, to determine the relationship between newspaper coverage and public opinion, a topic which historians have treated inadequately. It examines city newspaper reportage in the context of the vast …
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State creation: the legitimacy of unilateral secession and recognition in international law
… international law notions of self-determination, secession, recognition and de-colonisation. A State remains a primary subject of international law. Despite the fundamental legal framework on the creation of States enshrined in the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States 1933 …
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"Conserving" The Middle Ground: Tennessee's Unionist Press in the Secession Crisis, 1860-1861
… editors framed and presented news during the secession crisis of 1860-1861. Methodologically, it draws on the publications of seven Unionist editors from Tennessee who initially resisted secession but later pursued different courses during the Civil War. Through this period, editors balanced …
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Insurgency, Secession and Encroachment: Contemporary National Security in the Republic of the Philippines
… the communist insurrection and the Muslim secessionist movement in the Philippines. Indeed, in June 1999, the Philippine Secretary of Defense was forced to restructure a planned military reorganization in order to focus on these internal threats. External security, however, remains based …
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Fulcrum of the Union: The Border South and the Secession Crisis, 1859-1861
… Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri spurned secession in 1860-61, which has led scholars to conclude that these four slaveholding states were safely ensconced in the Union column from the beginning of the crisis that drew the other slaveholding states into the Confederacy. Historians have …
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Christian Duty in the Crisis of Secession: A Comparison of Charleston and Philadelphia
… Philadelphians interpreted and responded to the secession crisis of 1860-1861. "Christian duty" was a vital part of these responses, not only informing the worldview of Protestants, but directing their actions in the midst of the crisis. Charlestonians and Philadelphians defined the concept of …
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Secession Diplomacy: A Study of Thomas Butler King, Commissioner of Georgia to Europe, 1861
The objective of this thesis is to determine the function and effectiveness of state diplomats in the Confederate cause abroad by examining the mission of Thomas Butler King to the courts of Europe for the state of Georgia within the context of the international dimensions of the first year of the …
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Honor and Duty to God and State: John Janney and the Virginia Secession Convention
… Janney sat as the President of the Virginia Secession Convention, a meeting that would help decide the fate of the United States. The story of Janney is crucial to American history because the entire nation watched the convention to see which way Virginia would side. Janney's story can also …
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Religion, Slavery and Secession: Reflections on the Life and Letters of Robert Hall Morrison
… yet he opposed slavery and often spouted anti-secessionist rhetoric. He preferred living in the Northern states. However, at the time of North Carolina's secession, he opted to stay in the South. Morrison expressed sentiments in letters written to family and close friends that together reveal …
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Deadweight loss and the American civil war : the political economy of slavery, secession, and emancipation
Two broad positions have dominated the history of economic thought with respect to chattel slavery. The view of the classical economists, dating back as far as Adam Smith and including a good many abolitionists, was that slavery was inefficient and therefore unprofitable. The contrasting position …
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A Call to Arms: A Comparative Study of Mississippi and Kentucky Citizens During the Secession Crisis, 1859-1861
… confined their studies to a synthesis of why secession occurred nationally or at the state level. The question remains as to what the common citizen saw and believed when faced with secession and if their views matched their delegates.</p> <p>This study utilizes the governors’ papers of John …
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“The Union of the South is the Safety of the South”: Conspiracy Theories, Sectionalism and the Secession Crisis in Virginia
… conspiracy theories in Virginia’s debates over secession in the critical months prior to the Civil War. As the largest of the fifteen slave states and home to many of the nation’s founders, Virginia’s decision on secession had far-reaching implications. Elected by Virginians to a special …
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The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition: Marrow Theology in the Associate Presbytery and Associate Synod Secession Churches of Scotland (1733-1799)
… that Marrow theology was characteristic of the Secession church movement; however, no thorough examination and analysis of existing historical<br/>evidence (ecclesiastical documents and the published sermons and theological writings of Secession ministers and theologians) supporting or …
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Non-Consensual Secession and The Law of Nations: The Contested Legal Scholarship on the Law of Self-Determination, Recognition and Statehood in International Law
… doctrine of recognition is unsound. Fifth, secession as a usual method of state creation is not regulated by international law. This thesis investigates the legal evolution of the right to self-determination in terms of non-consensual secession and examines the relationship between …
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