Book cover for A house divided : sectionalism and Civil War  1848 - 1865
Description
What caused the Civil War? A House Divided presents a fresh and balanced interpretation that challenges the view of slavery as a largely artificial or symbolic issue in the conflict between two incompatible societies. This book traces the growth of bitter sectional discord in the years after 1848, when the acquisition of new American territories rekindled old controversies over the expansion of slavery. A series of compromises forestalled the crisis of secession but increasingly divided the country along slavery's lines.
Publisher Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
ISBN10 0801835321
ISBN13 9780801835322
Number of Pages
File Size DL-194MB
Shelf Number DY428
Grade Range
Ages 18 - 99
Format Audio Plus Download, EPub Download