Conservatism and southern intellectuals, 1789-1861 [electronic resource] : liberty, tradition, and the good society / Adam L. Tate.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-396) and index.

The old Republicans : John Taylor of Caroline and John Randolph of Roanoke -- Separating state and society : the political principles of the old Republicans -- John Taylor, John Randolph, and the good society -- Antebellum proslavery intellectuals : Nathaniel Beverley Tucker and William Gilmore Simms -- The political principles of Tucker and Simms -- Imagining the conservative slave society : the social thought of Tucker and Simms -- Whig humorists : Joseph Glover Baldwin and Johnson Jones Hooper -- The Whig political thought of Baldwin and Hooper -- The Whig social thought of Baldwin and Hooper.

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