LEADER 03386nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910777594003321 005 20230617042627.0 010 $a979-88-908774-9-9 010 $a0-8078-6168-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000447682 035 $a(EBL)834238 035 $a(OCoLC)56356660 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000116782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11141678 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000116782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10035756 035 $a(PQKB)11755304 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL834238 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10064776 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930690 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC834238 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000447682 100 $a20030418d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCalculating the value of the Union$b[electronic resource] $eslavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War /$fJames L. Huston 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (413 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-2804-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 287-385) and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Preface; Part I. The Themes of Slavery and Property Rights, 1776-1860; 1. Slavery, Property Rights, and the American Revolution; 2. The Origins of Slaveholder Aggressiveness; 3. Free Labor and the Competition of Slaves; 4. The Antislavery Debate over Property Rights; 5. The Constitutionality of Slavery Prohibition in the Territories; Part II. The Political Realignment of the 1850's; 6. The Politics of Southern Upheaval, 1846-1853; 7. The Northern Realignment, 1854-1860; Afterword; Appendix A. A Theory of Political Realignment; Appendix B. Graphing U.S. Politics, 1840-1860 327 $aAppendix C. State and Congressional Elections Used in Figures 6.1, 7.1, and B.1-10 Appendix D. Number of Cases for Regions in Average Vote in Elections Used for Figures 6.1, 7.1, and B.1-10; Notes; Sources; Index; 330 $aWhile slavery is often at the heart of debates over the causes of the Civil War, historians are not agreed on precisely what aspect of slavery--with its various social, economic, political, cultural, and moral ramifications--gave rise to the sectional rift. In Calculating the Value of the Union, James Huston integrates economic, social, and political history to argue that the issue of property rights as it pertained to slavery was at the center of the Civil War.In the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aSlavery$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aRight of property$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aSlavery$xEconomic aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aRight of property$xHistory. 676 $a973.71 700 $aHuston$b James L.$f1947-$01499201 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777594003321 996 $aCalculating the value of the Union$93725074 997 $aUNINA