The republic in crisis, 1848-1861 /
"The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861 meticulously analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War and the causes of that conflict"--
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The United States in 1948: a nation imperiled
- 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-1851
- 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-1854
- 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-1854
- 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-1856
- 6. North and south, republican and democrat
- 7. Political polarisation, 1857-1860
- 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1861
- 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War.