The Missouri Compromise and its aftermath [[electronic resource] ] : slavery & the meaning of America / / Robert Pierce Forbes

• Autore: Forbes Robert Pierce
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (380 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.5/4
• Soggetto topico: Missouri compromise; Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 18th century; Slavery - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1815-1861
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-348) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Monroe takes charge -- Missouri -- Compromise -- Silence -- Discord -- Beneficence -- Democracy -- Force -- Kansas.
• Sommario/riassunto: Robert Pierce Forbes goes behind the scenes of the crucial Missouri Compromise, the most important sectional crisis before the Civil War, to reveal the high-level deal-making, diplomacy, and deception that defused the crisis, including the central, unexpected role of President James Monroe. Although Missouri was allowed to join the union with slavery, Forbes observes, the compromise in fact closed off nearly all remaining federal territory to slavery. Forbes's analysis reveals a surprising national consensus against slavery a generation before the Civil War, which was fractured by the controve
• Titolo autorizzato: The Missouri Compromise and its aftermath
• ISBN: 1-4696-0613-5; 0-8078-7758-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451567203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Caravan Book