Kansas's war : the Civil War in documents / / edited by Pearl T. Ponce

• Pubblicazione: Athens, : Ohio University Press, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 978.1; 978.1031
• Soggetto topico: Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas
• Soggetto geografico: Kansas History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Sources
• Altri autori: PoncePearl T
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Illustrations; Series Editors' Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Settlement and Strife; 2: Joining the Union; 3: Patronage and Policy; 4: Kansas's Men in Blue; 5: Warfare along the Kansas-Missouri Border; 6: Kansans and Antislavery; 7: Politics and Prosperity; 8: The Continuing Mission; 9: The Promise of Kansas; Timeline; Discussion Questions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Kansas was in a unique position. Although it had been a state for mere weeks, its residents were already intimately acquainted with civil strife. Since its organization as a territory in 1854, Kansas had been the focus of a national debate over the place of slavery in the Republic. By 1856, the ideological conflict developed into actual violence, earning the territory the sobriquet "Bleeding Kansas." Because of this recent territorial strife, the state's transition from peace to war was not as abrupt as that of other states. Kansas's War illuminate
• Titolo autorizzato: Kansas's war
• ISBN: 0-8214-4352-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824004503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War in the great interior.