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Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859

Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Elizabeth R. VaronSeries:Littlefield History of the Civil War EraPublish date:2010-09-15Pages:472
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807871591ISBN-10:807871591UPC:9780807871591Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th Century, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.12 x 6.08 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCV8XTQH7E
In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As Elizabeth Varon shows, "disunion" connoted the dissolution of the republic--the failure of the founders' effort to establish a stable and lasting representative government. For many Americans in both the North and the South, disunion was a nightmare, a cataclysm that would plunge the nation into the kind of fear and misery that seemed to pervade the rest of the world. For many others, however, disunion was seen as the main instrument by which they could achieve their partisan and sectional goals. Varon blends political history with intellectual, cultural, and gender history to examine the ongoing debates over disunion that long preceded the secession crisis of 1860-61.

Language:EnglishPublisher:University of North Carolina PressISBN-13:9780807871591ISBN-10:807871591UPC:9780807871591Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:19th Century, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.12 x 6.08 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCV8XTQH7E
Varon, Elizabeth R.: - Elizabeth R. Varon is professor of history at Temple University.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

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