The imperiled union : essays on the background of the Civil War / Kenneth M. Stampp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 1980.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays by a master historian. Amongst the subjects that Stampp tackles are the inevitability of the Civil War and the truth about why the confederacy actually died. The other essays are a mix of historiography and analysis of issues including Lincoln's role in reinforcing Fort Sumter, the impact of psychology in trading slaves, and the role of racism in the Republican Party.

Contents:

Contents; Unum aut Plures?; I. The Concept of a Perpetual Union; Two Controversies over Slavery; II. Rebels and Sambos: The Search for the Negro's Personality in Slavery; III. Time on the Cross: A Humanistic Perspective; Republicans and the Sectional Crisis; IV. Race, Slavery, and the Republican Party of the 1850s; V. The Republican National Convention of 1860; VI. Lincoln and the Secession Crisis; Civil War Causes and Consequences; VII. The Irrepressible Conflict; VIII. The Southern Road to Appomattox; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-76215-2

9786610762156

0-19-987852-8

0-19-802029-5

OCLC:

609832312