The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil WarOxford University Press, 1981 M09 17 - 320 pages A collection of essays by a master historian. Amongst the subjects that Stampp tackles are the inevitability of the Civil War and the truth about why the confederacy actually died. The other essays are a mix of historiography and analysis of issues including Lincoln's role in reinforcing Fort Sumter, the impact of psychology in trading slaves, and the role of racism in the Republican Party. |
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Page vii
... interpretations of southern slavery , the political crisis of the 1850s , the perennial prob- lem of Civil War causation , and the controversial question of why the Confederate States of America lost the war . Some of the essays are in ...
... interpretations of southern slavery , the political crisis of the 1850s , the perennial prob- lem of Civil War causation , and the controversial question of why the Confederate States of America lost the war . Some of the essays are in ...
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... interpretation in my own study of slavery . I was , of course , the beneficiary of recent writings about slavery ... interpretations and to some of their rather sen- sational claims . Moreover , I have left the technical criticism to ...
... interpretation in my own study of slavery . I was , of course , the beneficiary of recent writings about slavery ... interpretations and to some of their rather sen- sational claims . Moreover , I have left the technical criticism to ...
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... interpreted as an attack upon him on ethical grounds . However , it was not written in such a spirit ; rather , it was ... interpretation is far from a total break with recent historical writing on the prob- lem . Though I do not accept ...
... interpreted as an attack upon him on ethical grounds . However , it was not written in such a spirit ; rather , it was ... interpretation is far from a total break with recent historical writing on the prob- lem . Though I do not accept ...
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... interpretation is in part a synthesis of other strains of thought about the causes of the Civil War . The final ... interpretations ( and errors ) , I am grateful to friends and colleagues for advice and critical readings of various ...
... interpretation is in part a synthesis of other strains of thought about the causes of the Civil War . The final ... interpretations ( and errors ) , I am grateful to friends and colleagues for advice and critical readings of various ...
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... interpretation of the history of the country prior to the Philadelphia Convention ; second , with inferences drawn from certain passages of the Constitution ; and , third , with careful selections from the speeches and writ- ings of the ...
... interpretation of the history of the country prior to the Philadelphia Convention ; second , with inferences drawn from certain passages of the Constitution ; and , third , with careful selections from the speeches and writ- ings of the ...
Contents
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The Search for | 39 |
A Humanistic Perspective | 72 |
Race Slavery and the Republican Party | 105 |
The Republican National Convention of 1860 | 136 |
Lincoln and the Secession Crisis | 163 |
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