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Henry Wilson and the coming of the Civil War / John L. Myers.
Van Pelt Library E415.9.W6 M94 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, John L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wilson, Henry, 1812-1875.
- Wilson, Henry.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ).
- Free Soil Party (U.S.).
- United States. Congress. Senate.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
- Abolitionists.
- Slavery--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Slavery.
- Slavery--Political aspects.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1845-1861.
- Politics and government.
- Free Soil Party (U.S.)--Biography.
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )--Biography.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 565 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2005]
- Summary:
- This biography deals with the life of Henry Wilson, one of the most important figures of the middle third of the Nineteenth Century, up to the time of the Civil War. Among its concerns are the political antislavery movement, economic development, the rise of a working class politcian in an aristocratic-controlled state, prohibition, and Massachusetts state history.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [446]-550) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761826084
- OCLC:
- 52559145
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