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Storm over Texas : the annexation controversy and the road to Civil War
- Author / Creator
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- Summary
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How Texas joined the United States, in a bitter political context that helped set the nation on the road towards civil war.
Details
- Creator
- Joel H. Silbey
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023
- �2005
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (253 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780197716496, 0197716490, 9780199881499, 0199881499, 9781280834820, 128083482X, 9780198031925, 0198031920, 0195315928, 0195139445
- OCLC
- ocn437109250, on1406787808
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- CONTENTS; EDITOR'S NOTE; PREFACE; PROLOGUE: ""The Joint Resolution 'For Annexing Texas to the United States' Is Finally Passed""; 1 ""GOIN' TO TEXAS"": Texas in the American Imagination and Politics, 1821-1841; 2 ""AND TYLER TOO""; 3 ""WE CANNOT CARRY VIRGINIA FOR YOU"": Political Earthquake, 1843-1844; 4 ""TEXAS WILL BE ANNEXED""; 5 ""PROLIFIC OF EVIL AND PREGNANT WITH BLOODY FRUIT""; 6 ""NEITHER SLAVERY NOR INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE""; 7 ""THEIR HEINOUS SIN"": The Long Shadow of Texas; 8 CONCLUSION: ""An Element of Overwhelming Ruin to the Republic""; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Acknowledgments
- Index