William Lowndes Yancey and the coming of the Civil War
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| Formaat: | Elektronisch E-boek |
| Taal: | Engels |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
c2006.
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| Reeks: | Civil War America.
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| Online toegang: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Inhoudsopgave:
- Introduction
- Jordan's stormy banks
- Rebellion and Union
- Flush times and bad times in Alabama and South Carolina
- Politician
- Party and honor
- The Alabama platform
- Secessionist
- Creating the "leaven of disunion"
- Public man, private life
- Yancey and the house divided
- Walker and Walker, the league and the letter
- The conventions of 1860
- The voice of the South
- The men and the hours
- In King Arthur's court
- Journeys home
- The main pillar of the Confederacy.