Secessionists triumphant : 1854-1861 / William W. Freehling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freehling, William W., 1935-

Series:

The road to disunion ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

United States.

Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Southern States.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (624 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It is one of the great questions of American history--why did the Southern states bolt from the Union and help precipitate the Civil War? Now, acclaimed historian William W. Freehling offers a new answer, in the final volume of his monumental history The Road to Disunion. Here is history in the grand manner, a powerful narrative peopled with dozens of memorable portraits, telling this important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war, including the violence in Bleeding Kansas, Preston Brooks's beating of Charles Sumner in the Senate chambers, th

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Preface; Prologue: Yancey's Rage; PART I: BETTER ECONOMIC TIMES GENERATE WORSE DEMOCRATIC DILEMMAS; PART II: THE CLIMACTIC IDEOLOGICAL FRUSTRATIONS; PART III: THE CLIMACTIC POLITICAL FRUSTRATIONS; PART IV: JOHN BROWN AND THREE OTHER MEN COINCIDENTALLY NAMED JOHN; PART V: THE ELECTION OF 1860; PART VI: SOUTH CAROLINA DARES; PART VII: LOWER SOUTH LANDSLIDE, UPPER SOUTH STALEMATE; Abbreviations Used in Notes; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-983991-3

1-281-15871-2

9786611158712

0-19-970837-1

1-4416-0666-1

0-19-802242-5

OCLC:

437096394