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The Road to Disunion, 2 : Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861.

It is one of the great questions of American history--why did the Southern states bolt from the Union and help precipitate the Civil War? Now, acclaimed historian William W. Freehling offers a new answer, in the final volume of his monumental history The Road to Disunion. Here is history in the gran...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freehling, William W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2007.
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  • Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Prologue: Yancey's Rage; PART I: BETTER ECONOMIC TIMES GENERATE WORSE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMAS; PART II: THE CLIMACTIC IDEOLOGICAL FRUSTRATIONS; PART III: THE CLIMACTIC POLITICAL FRUSTRATIONS; PART IV: JOHN BROWN AND THREE OTHER MEN COINCIDENTALLY NAMED JOHN; PART V: THE ELECTION OF 1860; PART VI: SOUTH CAROLINA DARES; PART VII: LOWER SOUTH LANDSLIDE, UPPER SOUTH STALEMATE; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Index.