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001 2012045309
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050 00 $aE459$b.F55 2013
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100 1 $aFleming, Thomas J.
245 12 $aA disease in the public mind :$ba new understanding of why we fought the Civil War /$cThomas Fleming.
264 1 $aNew York :$bDa Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group,$c[2013]
300 $axiv, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages :$billustrations, map ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPrologue: John Brown's raid -- Slavery comes to America -- Slavery's great foe--and unintended friend -- The first Emancipation Proclamation -- One head turning into thirteen -- The forgotten emancipator -- Thomas Jefferson's nightmare -- New England preaches--and almost practices--secession -- How not to abolish slavery -- New England rediscovers the sacred Union -- Another Thomas Jefferson urges Virginia to abolish slavery -- The abolitionist who lost his faith -- Abolitionism divides and conquers itself -- Enter Old Man Eloquent -- The slave patrols -- The trouble with Texas -- Slave power paranoia -- From Uncle Tom to John Brown -- The real Uncle Tom and the unknown South he helped create -- Free soil for free (white) men -- The whole world is watching -- An ex-president tries to save the Union -- The anguish of Robert E. Lee -- The end of illusions -- The third Emancipation Proclamation -- Hunt after the captain -- Epilogue: Lincoln's visitor.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses.
650 0 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAntislavery movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aNew England$xRelations$zSouthern States.
651 0 $aSouthern States$xRelations$zNew England.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1815-1861.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1815-1861$vBiography.