1831 Year of Eclipse

Name: 1831 Year of Eclipse
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ISBN: 9780809041190

ISBN-10: 0809041197

ISBN-13: 9780809041190

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Authors: Louis P. Masur

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1776, 1861, 1929. Any high-school student should know what these years meant to American history. But wars and economic disasters are not our only pivotal events, and other years have, in a quieter way, swayed the course of our nation. 1831 was one of them, and in this striking new work, Louis Masur shows us exactly how. The year began with a solar eclipse, for many an omen of mighty changes -- and for once, such predictions held true. Nat Turner's rebellion soon followed, then ever-more violent congressional arguments over slavery and tarrifs. Religious revivalism swept the North, and important observers (including Tocqueville) traveled the land, forming the opinions that would shape the…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 2/9/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.58" wide x 8.29" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Louis P.Masur, a professor of history at the City University of New York and the editor of Reviews in American History, is the author of Rites of Execution: Capital Punishment and the Transformation of American Culture, 1776-1865. He lives in New Jersey.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Chronology


Eclipse


Slavery and Abolition


Religion and Politics


State and Nation


Machines and Nature


Notes


Index