The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath : Slavery and the Meaning of America /
Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2007]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Monroe takes charge
- Missouri
- Compromise
- Silence
- Discord
- Beneficence
- Democracy
- Force
- Kansas.