An edition of At the precipice (2010)

At the precipice

Americans north and south during the secession crisis

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Americans north and south during the secession crisis

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University of North Carolina Press
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English
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379

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Politics and government, Causes, History, United states, politics and government, 1815-1861, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, causes, Secession, Secession--history, Secession--united states--history, History--causes, E415.7 .b64 2010, 973.7/11

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United States, Secession

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Civil War, 1861-1865, 1849-1861
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Cover of: At the Precipice
At the Precipice: Americans North and South During the Secession Crisis
2014, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: At the precipice
At the precipice: Americans north and south during the secession crisis
2010, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: At the Precipice
At the Precipice: Americans North and South During the Secession Crisis
2010, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Cover of: At the Precipice
At the Precipice: Americans North and South During the Secession Crisis
2010, University of North Carolina Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction and overview
Slaveholders and slaves, state's rights and revolution
Honor and degradation : section, race, and gender
The second party system and its legacy : the careers of John Bell, John C. Breckinridge, Howell Cobb, Stephen A. Douglas, John Tyler, and Martin Van Buren
Jefferson Davis, Horace L. Kent, and the old south
Abraham Lincoln, Henry Waller, and the free-labor north
Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard and Sojourner Truth : faith, race, and gender
President Buchanan, the Crittenden Compromise, President Lincoln, and Fort Sumter.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chapel Hill
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Littlefield history of the Civil War era
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Americans north and south during the secession crisis

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Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/11
Library of Congress
E415.7 .B64 2010, E415.7.B64 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
379

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OL24580303M
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ISBN 13
9780807833926
LCCN
2010013478
OCLC/WorldCat
441211491

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