The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War - Brossura

Stampp, Kenneth M.

 
9780195029918: The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War

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Comments on the inevitability of the Civil War, the rise of the Republican Party, the will of the South to win, and the effect of slavery on the slave and slaveowner

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Recensione

"Exceptionally good reading."―Reviews in American History

"It is difficult to believe that any subsequent historian will improve upon Stampp's masterful review of these controversial and conflicting theories of Civil War causation."―David Herbert Donald, The New Republic

"Excellent all around. . . . truly a superb work."―Eric Tscheschlok, Florida Atlantic University

Product Description

A collection of essays by a master historian. Amongst the subjects that Stampp tackles are the inevitability of the Civil War and the truth about why the confederacy actually died. The other essays are a mix of historiography and analysis of issues including Lincoln's role in reinforcing Fort Sumter, the impact of psychology in trading slaves, and the role of racism in the Republican Party.

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9780195026818: The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0195026810 ISBN 13:  9780195026818
Casa editrice: Oxford Univ Pr, 1980
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