The republic in crisis, 1848-1861 /
The Republic in Crisis, 1848, ♯1861 analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War, offering for students and general readers a clear, chronological account of the sectional conflict and the beginning of the Civil War. Emerging from the tumultuous political events of the 184...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The United States in 1948: a nation imperiled
- 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-1851
- 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-1854
- 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-1854
- 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-1856
- 6. North and south, republican and democrat
- 7. Political polarisation, 1857-1860
- 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1861
- 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The United States in 1948: a nation imperiled; 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-51; 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-4; 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-4; 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-6; 6. North and south, republican and democrat; 7. Political polarisation, 1857-60; 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1; 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War