America on the Eve of the Civil War - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0813931797 ISBN 13: 9780813931791

Casa editrice: Univ of Virginia Pr, 2011

Riassunto

Documents a Virginia commission's discussion of the events that occurred the year before the Civil War, covering such topics as the political atmosphere, the country's demographic and economic landscape, the state of slavery, and John Brown's raid.

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L'autore:

Edward L. Ayers is President of the University of Richmond and the author of the Bancroft Prize–winning In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859–1863. Carolyn R. Martin is Executive Assistant to the President at the University of Richmond and served as chair of the planning committee for hosting the "America on the Eve of the Civil War" Signature Conference.

Product Description:

"This remarkable publication provides a captivating and brilliantly executed series of conversations among seventeen most impressive historians. These participants in a daylong conference focusing on the extraordinary years leading to the Civil War provide an incredible range of historical information that is both educational and exciting. Here is an opportunity to draw on a lively exchange between a substantial number of knowledgeable and entertaining scholars."--James Oliver Horton, author of "Landmarks of African American History"

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of Virginia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0813931797
• ISBN 13: 9780813931791
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 147
• Redattore: Ayers Edward L., Martin Carolyn R.