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Storm over Texas : the Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War.
In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the battle over Texas marked the crucial moment when p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2005.
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| Colección: | Pivotal moments in American history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the battle over Texas marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear. One of America's renowned political historians, Silbey offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, with an exceptional cast of characters, incl. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198031925 0198031920 0195315928 9780195315929 0195139445 9780195139440 |