02862nam 22006974a 450 991080697870332120200520144314.00-19-771649-00-19-988149-91-280-83482-X0-19-803192-010.1093/oso/9780195139440.001.0001(CKB)1000000000552804(EBL)422738(OCoLC)437109250(SSID)ssj0000310419(PQKBManifestationID)11252988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310419(PQKBWorkID)10288503(PQKB)11005312(Au-PeEL)EBL422738(CaPaEBR)ebr10271575(CaONFJC)MIL83482(MiAaPQ)EBC422738(OCoLC)1406787808(StDuBDS)9780197716496(OCoLC)57675750(FINmELB)ELB162975(EXLCZ)99100000000055280420050203d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStorm over Texas the annexation controversy and the road to Civil War /Joel H. SilbeyNew York Oxford University Press20051 online resource (253 p.)Pivotal moments in American historyPreviously issued in print: 2005.0-19-531592-8 0-19-513944-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-213) and index.CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; PROLOGUE: ""The Joint Resolution 'For Annexing Texas to the United States' Is Finally Passed""; 1 ""GOIN' TO TEXAS"": Texas in the American Imagination and Politics, 1821-1841; 2 ""AND TYLER TOO""; 3 ""WE CANNOT CARRY VIRGINIA FOR YOU"": Political Earthquake, 1843-1844; 4 ""TEXAS WILL BE ANNEXED""; 5 ""PROLIFIC OF EVIL AND PREGNANT WITH BLOODY FRUIT""; 6 ""NEITHER SLAVERY NOR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE""; 7 ""THEIR HEINOUS SIN"": The Long Shadow of Texas; 8 CONCLUSION: ""An Element of Overwhelming Ruin to the Republic""; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; AcknowledgmentsIndexHow Texas joined the United States, in a bitter political context that helped set the nation on the road towards civil war.Pivotal moments in American history.TexasAnnexation to the United StatesTexasHistoryRepublic, 1836-1846United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesUnited StatesPolitics and government1841-1845United StatesPolitics and government1845-1861976.4/04Silbey Joel H473564MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806978703321Storm over Texas3933091UNINA