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Abraham Lincoln's world : how riverboats, railroads, and Republicans transformed America / Thomas Crump.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crump, Thomas.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--1849-1877.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Politics and government--1849-1877.
- Politics and government.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States--Civilization--1783-1865.
- Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.
- Contents:
- 1 The American Scene in 1809 1
- 2 The American Riverboat 21
- 3 The British Connection 35
- 4 Spanish America: Independence and the Monroe Doctrine 51
- 5 Illinois: Land of Lincoln 73
- 6 King Cotton 95
- 7 The Missouri Compromise 109
- 8 Railroads 125
- 9 California Strikes Gold 139
- 10 Washington: 1847-1849 163
- 11 Bleeding Kansas 183
- 12 Republicans and Rebels 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-262) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781847250575
- 1847250572
- OCLC:
- 276227139
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