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Monroe Dan <1961-> |
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Shapers of the great debate on the Civil War [[electronic resource] ] : a biographical dictionary / / Dan Monroe and Bruce Tap |
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Westport, Conn., : Greenwood Press, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-40938-7 |
9786612409387 |
0-313-06178-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (436 p.) |
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Collana |
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Shapers of the great American debates, , 1099-2693 ; ; no. 6 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Politicians - United States |
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography Dictionaries |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes |
United States Politics and government 1861-1865 |
United States Politics and government 1849-1877 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; SERIES FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: WHAT WERE THE GREAT DEBATES?; JOHN BROWN (1800-1859); JAMES BUCHANAN (1791-1868); SALMON CHASE (1808-1873); JEFFERSON DAVIS (1808-1889); STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS (1813-1861); FREDERICK DOUGLASS (1817-1895); GEORGE FITZHUGH (1806-1881); HORACE GREELEY (1811-1872); ANDREW JOHNSON (1808-1875); ROBERT E. LEE (1807-1870); ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865); GEORGE BRINTON McCLELLAN (1826-1885); WILLIAM H. SEWARD (1801-1872); ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS (1812-1883); THADDEUS STEVENS (1792-1868); HARRIET BEECHER STOWE (1811-1896); CHARLES SUMNER (1811-1874) |
CLEMENT LAIRD VALLANDIGHAM (1820-1871)WILLIAM LOWNDES YANCEY (1814-1863); APPENDIX: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES; INDEX |
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With the conclusion of the Mexican War in 1848, the United States seemed poised to fulfill the manifest destiny that was on the lips of |
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journalists and politicians. Yet, even before the war was over, tensions over the issue of slavery erupted. Slavery symbolized the social, cultural, constitutional, and economic differences that were dividing the North and South. Through four years of bloody civil war and the loss of over 600,000 lives, the American republic decided the fate of slavery, asserted the supremacy of the federal government over state authority, and began to grapple with the difficu |
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