Secessionists triumphant [[electronic resource] ] : 1854-1861 / / William W. Freehling

• Autore: Freehling William W. <1935->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (624 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/11
• Soggetto topico: Secession
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes; Southern States Politics and government 1775-1865; United States Politics and government 1815-1861
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: It 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Secessionists triumphant
• ISBN: 0-19-983991-3; 1-281-15871-2; 9786611158712; 0-19-970837-1; 1-4416-0666-1; 0-19-802242-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782558803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II