|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910959675603321 |
|
|
Autore |
Varon Elizabeth R. <1963-> |
|
|
Titolo |
Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / / Elizabeth R. Varon |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
979-88-908702-6-1 |
979-88-9313-104-8 |
0-8078-6607-5 |
1-4696-0620-8 |
0-8078-8718-8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (470 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collana |
|
The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
Sectionalism (United States) - History |
Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History |
Antislavery movements - United States - History |
Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History |
United States Politics and government 1783-1865 |
United States Politics and government 1783-1865 Sources |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-429) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
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. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As Elizabeth Varon shows, ""disunion"" connoted the |
|
|
|
|