02917nam 2200625Ia 450 991078255880332120230721003741.00-19-983991-31-281-15871-297866111587120-19-970837-11-4416-0666-10-19-802242-5(CKB)1000000000557023(EBL)415963(OCoLC)437096394(SSID)ssj0000238848(PQKBManifestationID)12077447(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238848(PQKBWorkID)10234518(PQKB)10537468(MiAaPQ)EBC415963(Au-PeEL)EBL415963(CaPaEBR)ebr10170126(CaONFJC)MIL115871(EXLCZ)99100000000055702319891031d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecessionists triumphant[electronic resource] 1854-1861 /William W. FreehlingNew York Oxford University Press20071 online resource (624 p.)The road to disunion ;2Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505815-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIt 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, thSecessionUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesSouthern StatesPolitics and government1775-1865United StatesPolitics and government1815-1861Secession.973.7/11Freehling William W.1935-1117205MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782558803321Secessionists triumphant3726993UNINA