Disunion! the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 /

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Autor Principal: Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963-
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Table of Contents:
  • The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic
  • We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism
  • Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash
  • The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics
  • Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion
  • That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850
  • Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas
  • To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans
  • War to the knife : images of the coming fight
  • Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.