Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877Routledge, 2014 M06 6 - 402 pages The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. Areas without slaves , or unsettled Under 10 per cent 10 to 30 per cent 30 to 50 per cent 50 per cent and over 200 miles 500 km Map 2. Slaves as a Percentage of Total Population in 1860 NEBRASKA ...
Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. Areas without slaves , or unsettled Under 10 per cent 10 to 30 per cent 30 to 50 per cent 50 per cent and over 200 miles 500 km Map 2. Slaves as a Percentage of Total Population in 1860 NEBRASKA ...
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... slavery ( blamed by many for its role in starting the Mexican War ) might pose a threat to the nation's welfare ... slaves ; see Austria and its royalty that represents nothing , and its people who , as people , are and have nothing ...
... slavery ( blamed by many for its role in starting the Mexican War ) might pose a threat to the nation's welfare ... slaves ; see Austria and its royalty that represents nothing , and its people who , as people , are and have nothing ...
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... Slavery , and this wicked War that has grown out of it . How dare I speak of these things here ? I listen to the ... slavery . In just over a decade after Fuller's tragic death at sea in 1850 , billowing controversy over the fate of ...
... Slavery , and this wicked War that has grown out of it . How dare I speak of these things here ? I listen to the ... slavery . In just over a decade after Fuller's tragic death at sea in 1850 , billowing controversy over the fate of ...
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... slaves resided in the southern states in 1850 , a figure which had risen to nearly 4 million ( roughly a third of the total population of the 15 slave states ) by the eve of secession . At mid - century 1.8 million of the 2.5 million slaves ...
... slaves resided in the southern states in 1850 , a figure which had risen to nearly 4 million ( roughly a third of the total population of the 15 slave states ) by the eve of secession . At mid - century 1.8 million of the 2.5 million slaves ...
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... slaves seldom rebelled in large numbers like their peers in the Caribbean where blacks were usually in a clear majority . What they did do was seek to undermine slavery by running away from the plantations , by damaging farm tools and ...
... slaves seldom rebelled in large numbers like their peers in the Caribbean where blacks were usually in a clear majority . What they did do was seek to undermine slavery by running away from the plantations , by damaging farm tools and ...
Contents
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The Politics of Slavery Expansion 184852 | 42 |
3 Political Crises of the 1850s | 73 |
Secession and Civil War | 114 |
The Quest for Southern Independence | 158 |
The Union in Wartime | 191 |
The Struggle over Reconstruction 186576 | 229 |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | 269 |
9 Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age | 302 |
The United States in the Era of Civil War | 339 |
Select Bibliography | 343 |
Index | 351 |
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