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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454090503321

Autore

Freehling William W. <1935->

Titolo

Secessionists triumphant [[electronic resource] ] : 1854-1861 / / William W. Freehling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-15871-2

9786611158712

0-19-970837-1

1-4416-0666-1

0-19-802242-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (624 p.)

Collana

The road to disunion ; ; 2

Disciplina

973.7/11

Soggetti

Secession

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes

Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865

United States Politics and government 1815-1861

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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