Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / / Elizabeth R. Varon.
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| Superior document: | The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 455 p. :; ill. |
| Notes: | "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
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Table of Contents:
- The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic
- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism
- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash
- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics
- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion
- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850
- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas
- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans
- War to the knife : images of the coming fight
- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.