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Bleeding Kansas : slavery, sectionalism, and Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas border / Michael E. Woods.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woods, Michael E., author.
- Series:
- Critical moments in American history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slavery--Political aspects.
- History.
- Slavery.
- Borderlands.
- Social aspects.
- Kansas--History--1854-1861.
- Kansas.
- Kansas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Missouri--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Missouri.
- Borderlands--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Borderlands--Missouri--History--19th century.
- Slavery--Political aspects--Kansas--History--19th century.
- Slavery--Political aspects--Missouri--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2017.
- Summary:
- Between 1854 and 1861, the struggle between pro- and anti-slavery factions over Kansas Territory captivated Americans nationwide and contributed directly to the Civil War. Combining political, social, and military history, Bleeding Kansas contextualizes and analyzes pre-war and wartime clashes in Kansas and Missouri and traces how these conflicts have been remembered ever since. Michael E. Woods's compelling narrative of the Kansas-Missouri border struggle embraces the diverse perspectives of white northerners and southerners, women, Native Americans, and African Americans. This wide-ranging and engaging text is ideal for undergraduate courses on the Civil War era, westward expansion, Kansas and/or Missouri history, nineteenth-century US history, and other related subjects. Supported by primary source documents and a companion website, this text allows readers to engage with and draw their own conclusions about this contentious era in American History. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Roads to Kansas
- Kansas bleeds
- Bleeding Kansas and the nation
- The Civil War on the border
- Remembering the bloodshed.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138958500
- 1138958506
- 9781138958548
- 1138958549
- OCLC:
- 944179777
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