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

At a time when North Carolina's population is exploding and its economy is shifting profoundly, one of the state's leading economists applies the tools of his trade to chronicle these changes and to inform North Carolinians in easy-to-understand terms what to expect in the future. Today we...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Colección:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.