Bibliograph

The road to disunion, William W. Freehling, volume 1

Type

Label

The road to disunion, William W. Freehling, volume 1

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical reference and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The road to disunion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

60009483

Responsibility statement

William W. Freehling

Summary

All the dramatic events leading to secession are here: the Missouri Compromise, the Nullification Controversy, the Gag Rule ("the Pearl Harbor of the slavery controversy"), the Annexation of Texas, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Freehling vividly recounts each crisis, illuminating complex issues and sketching colorful portraits of major figures. Along the way, he reveals the surprising extent to which slavery influenced national politics before 1850, and he provides important reinterpretations of American republicanism, Jeffersonian states' rights, Jacksonian democracy, and the causes of the American Civil War

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Secessionists at bay

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