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100 1 $aSchoen, Brian.
245 14 $aThe fragile fabric of Union :$bcotton, federal politics, and the global origins of the Civil War /$cBrian Schoen.
260 $aBaltimore, Md. :$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$c2009.
300 $axiv, 369 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aStudies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Prologue, 1787 -- The threads of a global loom : cotton, slavery, and union in an interdependent Atlantic, 1789-1820 -- Calculating the cost of union : nationalism and sectionalism in a Republican era, 1796-1818 -- Protecting slavery and free trade : the political economy of cotton, 1818-1833 -- Building bridges to the West and the world : empowerment and anxiety in the Second Party System, 1834-1848 -- An unnatural union : King Cotton and the lower South secession, 1849-1860 -- Epilogue, 1861.
520 $a"By integrating the history of the region with global events, Schoen reveals how white farmers, planters, and merchants created a 'Cotton South, ' preserved its profitability for many years, and ensured its dominance in the international raw cotton markets. The story he tells makes clear the opportunities and costs of cotton production for the Lower South and the United States"--Jacket.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xEconomic conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xForeign economic relations$zEurope$y19th century.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zSouthern States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCotton trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aCotton trade$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSecession$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xForeign economic relations$zEurope.
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830 0 $aStudies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
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