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Disunion! [electronic resource] : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / Elizabeth R. Varon.

By: Varon, Elizabeth R, 1963-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Series: Littlefield history of the Civil War era: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008Description: xii, 455 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Sectionalism (United States) -- History | Sectionalism (United States) -- History -- Sources | Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | Antislavery movements -- United States -- History | Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 | United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Sources | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- CausesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/11 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850 -- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas -- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans -- War to the knife : images of the coming fight -- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.
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973.7/11 (Browse shelf) Available

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-429) and index.

The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850 -- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas -- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans -- War to the knife : images of the coming fight -- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.