Shattering of the Union America in The 1850s

Name: Shattering of the Union America in The 1850s
Price: 4.6 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780842027991

ISBN-10: 0842027998

ISBN-13: 9780842027991

Edition: 2003

Authors: Eric H. Walther

List price: $50.00

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy eBooks

Buy eBook: $42.00

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

The 1850s offered the last remotely feasible chance for the United States to steer clear of Civil War. Yet fundamental differences between North and South about slavery and the meaning of freedom caused political conflicts to erupt again and again throughout the decade as the country lurched toward secession and war. The Shattering of the Union is a concise, readable analysis and survey of the major ideas and events that resulted in the Civil War. The first scholarly synthesis of America's final antebellum decade to be published in more than twenty years, this essential overview incorporates methods and findings by recognized historians on politics, society, race relations, ideology, and…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.08" wide x 9.08" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Sufia M. Uddin is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Vermont.Eric H. Walther is associate professor of history at the University of Houston. He is author of The Fire-Eaters and The Shattering of the Union: America in the 1850s.



Preface


Prologue: After the Compromise



1852: "The Vile Wretch in Petticoats"



1853: "Frank, I Pity You"



1854: "It Will Raise a Hell of a Storm"



1855: "Kansas Has Been Invaded"



1856: "The Pape of a Virgin Territory"



1857: "A Northern Man with Southern Principles"



1858: "It Is an Irrepressible Conflict"



1859: "When I Strike, the Bees Will Swarm"