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The causes of the Civil War : the political, cultural, economic, and territorial disputes between North and South / Paul Calore.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calore, Paul, 1938-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--1815-1861.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 299 pages : maps, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
- Summary:
- "From protective tariffs to the expansionist agenda, this work illustrates the ways in which the foremost issues of the time influenced relations between the North and the South"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Slavery and its impact on sectionalism (1619 to 1830)
- The rise and fall of abolitionism (1750 to 1848)
- Economic protectionism (1815 to 1828)
- "Old Hickory" comes to Washington (1829 to 1832)
- The bank war and southern nullification (1832 to 1834)
- The turbulent years (1834 to 1836)
- The panic and sub-treasuries (1837 to 1840)
- John Tyler and Texas too (1840 to 1845)
- The expansionist agenda (1845 to 1846)
- Territorial sectionalism (1846 to 1847)
- A time to compromise (1847 to 1850)
- Sectional politics (1850 to 1853)
- Filibusters (1849 to 1860)
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1852 to 1854)
- Political realignment (1854 to 1856)
- The fight for Kansas (1854 to 1858)
- From Brown to Lincoln (1856 to 1860)
- The end of the road (1860 to 1861).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 291) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786433049
- 0786433043
- OCLC:
- 191865862
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