LEADER 02920nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910454090503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-15871-2 010 $a9786611158712 010 $a0-19-970837-1 010 $a1-4416-0666-1 010 $a0-19-802242-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000557023 035 $a(EBL)415963 035 $a(OCoLC)437096394 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238848 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12077447 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238848 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10234518 035 $a(PQKB)10537468 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415963 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415963 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170126 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115871 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000557023 100 $a19891031d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSecessionists triumphant$b[electronic resource] $e1854-1861 /$fWilliam W. Freehling 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (624 p.) 225 0 $aThe road to disunion ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-505815-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIt 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 606 $aSecession 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aSouthern States$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSecession. 676 $a973.7/11 700 $aFreehling$b William W.$f1935-$0882715 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454090503321 996 $aSecessionists triumphant$92071607 997 $aUNINA