Why the Civil War came / edited by Gabor S. Boritt ; essays by David W. Blight [and others].

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9780199761746
0199761744

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Why the Civil War came.DDC classification:

973.7 22

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E459 .W48 1997eb

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15.85

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Contents:

"And the war came"? Abraham Lincoln and the question of individual responsibility / Gabor S. Boritt -- "Little women" who helped make this great war / Glenna Matthews -- They knew what time it was : African-Americans / David W. Blight -- The crisis of American democracy : the political system and the coming of the Civil War / William E. Gienapp -- The divided south, democracy's limitations, and the causes of the peculiarly North American Civil War / William W. Freehling -- "Freedom and law must die ere they sever" : the North / Mark Wahlgren Summers -- Fort Sumter : at last the war / Charles Royster.

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Summary: In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What events were instrumental in bringing it about? How did individuals and institutions function? What did Northerners and Southerners believe in the decades of strife preceding the war? What steps did they take to avoid war? Indeed, was the great armed conflict avoidable at all? Why the Civil War Came brin.

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"Gettysburg Civil War Institute books"--Page ii

"First published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1996"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253).

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In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What events were instrumental in bringing it about? How did individuals and institutions function? What did Northerners and Southerners believe in the decades of strife preceding the war? What steps did they take to avoid war? Indeed, was the great armed conflict avoidable at all? Why the Civil War Came brin.

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