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Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
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Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / Elizabeth R. Varon.
ISBN
9780807832325 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807832324 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
Physical Description
xii, 455 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 12, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-429) and index.
Contents
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.
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