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Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
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- Creator
- Elizabeth R. Varon
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2008]
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- xii, 455 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0807887188, 9780807832325, 0807832324, 1469606208, 9780807887189, 0807866075, 9780807866078, 9781469606200, 0807871591
- OCLC
- ocn221141617, ocn405097257
- "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-429) and index.
- The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850 -- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas -- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans -- War to the knife : images of the coming fight -- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond
Subjects
- Sectionalism (United States) -- History.
- Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- Sources.
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
- Antislavery movements -- United States -- History.
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Sources.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.