Half Slave and Half Free, Revised Edition The Roots of Civil War

Name: Half Slave and Half Free, Revised Edition The Roots of Civil War
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ISBN: 9780809053537

ISBN-10: 0809053535

ISBN-13: 9780809053537

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Bruce Levine

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Revised Edition With a New Preface and Afterword In a revised edition, brought completely up to date with a new preface and afterword and an expanded bibliography, Bruce Levine's succinct and persuasive treatment of the basic issues that precipitated the Civil War is as compelling as ever. Levine explores the far-reaching, divisive changes in American life that came with the incomplete Revolution of 1776 and the development of two distinct social systems, one based on slavery, the other on free labor--changes out of which the Civil War developed.

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 5/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.35" wide x 8.27" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Preface to the Revised Edition


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Freedom, Slavery, and the Legacy of the American Revolution



"Our Laborers Are Our Property": The Southern Slave Economy



"Each Person Works for Himself": The Ideal and Reality of Free Labor



"A Complete Revolution in Social Life": Cultural Change in the Antebellum North



"The Anointed Lords of Creation": Culture and Society in the Antebellum South



"Called by the Same Name": The Many Meanings of Liberty



To "Fight Against the Serpent": Antislavery and Its Early Progress



"A Firebell in the Night": The Struggle Escalates



"Keep It Within Limits": Western Lands and Free Soil



"Anti Nebraska Feeling Is Too Deep": Origins and Triumph of Republicanism



"The Inexorable Logic of Events": Secession, War, and Emancipation


Afterword: On Popular Mobilization in the Civil War Era


New Bibliographical Essay


Index