California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War

Name: California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780307277572

ISBN-10: 0307277577

ISBN-13: 9780307277572

Edition: 2008

Authors: Leonard L. Richards

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From award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards, an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle yet to come. When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, Americans of all stripes saw the potential for both wealth and power. Among the more calculating were Southern slave owners. By making California a slave state, they could increase the value of their slaves—by 50 percent at least, and maybe much more. They could also gain additional influence in Congress and expand Southern economic clout, abetted by a new transcontinental railroad that would run through the South. Yet, despite their machinations, California entered the union as a free…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/12/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.24" wide x 8.03" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Sharon R. Krause is professor in and chair of the Department of Political Science at Brown University. She is the author of Civil Passions and Liberalism with Honor.