Three Speeches That Saved the Union: Clay, Calhoun, Webster, and the Crisis of 1850 - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479838837ISBN-10:1479838837UPC:9781479838837Book Category:Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Government, United StatesBook Topic:Federal, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCDV98RMGE
Three Speeches That Saved the Union: Clay, Calhoun, Webster, and the Crisis of 1850
How three skilled orators navigated a polarized political landscape
For the generation of politicians who inherited the Republic and the Union, the opening months of 1850 were a desperate time filled with increasing animosity between free and slave state leaders over issues of the expansion of slavery. Following the end of the Mexican-American War and the subsequent expansion of American...Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9781479838837ISBN-10:1479838837UPC:9781479838837Book Category:Law, HistoryBook Subcategory:Government, United StatesBook Topic:Federal, Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:9.00 x 5.90 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SCDV98RMGE
Peter Charles Hoffer is Distinguished Research Professor of History at the University of Georgia. He has authored and co-authored more than twenty books, including Clio Among the Muses: Essays on History and the Humanities; The Historians' Paradox: The Study of History in Our Time; and The Clamor of Lawyers: The American Revolution and the Crisis in the Legal Profession.
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