The republic in crisis, 1848-1861 / John Ashworth.

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Ashworth, John, 1950-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139549875
1139549871
1139552384
9781139552387
1283575167
9781283575164
9781139162234
1139162233
9781139554831
1139554832

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Republic in crisis, 1848-1861.DDC classification:

973.7/11 23

LOC classification:

E415.7 .A75 2012eb

Other classification:

15.85
HIS036040

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Contents:

1. The United States in 1948: a nation imperiled -- 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-1851 -- 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-1854 -- 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-1854 -- 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-1856 -- 6. North and south, republican and democrat -- 7. Political polarisation, 1857-1860 -- 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1861 -- 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War.

Summary: "The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861 meticulously analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War and the causes of that conflict"-- Provided by publisherSummary: "The Republic in Crisis, 1848,♯1︡861 analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War, offering for students and general readers a clear, chronological account of the sectional conflict and the beginning of the Civil War. Emerging from the tumultuous political events of the 1840s and 1850s, the Civil War was caused by the maturing of the North and South's separate, distinctive forms of social organization and their resulting ideologies. John Ashworth emphasizes factors often overlooked in explanations of the war, including the resistance of slaves in the South and the growth of wage labor in the North. Ashworth acquaints readers with modern writings on the period, providing a new interpretation of the American Civil War's causes"-- Provided by publisher.

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"The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861 meticulously analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War and the causes of that conflict"-- Provided by publisher

"The Republic in Crisis, 1848,♯1︡861 analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War, offering for students and general readers a clear, chronological account of the sectional conflict and the beginning of the Civil War. Emerging from the tumultuous political events of the 1840s and 1850s, the Civil War was caused by the maturing of the North and South's separate, distinctive forms of social organization and their resulting ideologies. John Ashworth emphasizes factors often overlooked in explanations of the war, including the resistance of slaves in the South and the growth of wage labor in the North. Ashworth acquaints readers with modern writings on the period, providing a new interpretation of the American Civil War's causes"-- Provided by publisher.