Meticulously analyses the political climate in the years leading up to the American Civil War and the causes of that conflict.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Ashworth is Professor of American History at the University of Nottingham. He is the author of numerous books, including Slavery, Capitalism and Politics in the Antebellum Republic (Cambridge University Press, 1995, 2007), the second volume of which won the James A. Rawley award given by the Southern Historical Association.
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1. The United States in 1848: a nation imperiled 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-51 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-4 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-4 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-6 6. North and south, republican and democrat 7. Political polarisation, 1857-60 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War.
1. The United States in 1848: a nation imperiled 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848-51 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851-4 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851-4 5. Political maelstrom, 1854-6 6. North and south, republican and democrat 7. Political polarisation, 1857-60 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860-1 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War.
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