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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... Secession Crisis ( New Haven , 1962 ) . I re- sponded to his criticism briefly in a Preface to the paperback edition of my book , And the War Came : The North and the Secession Crisis , 1860-1861 ( Baton Rouge , 1970 ) . Excerpts from ...
... Secession Crisis ( New Haven , 1962 ) . I re- sponded to his criticism briefly in a Preface to the paperback edition of my book , And the War Came : The North and the Secession Crisis , 1860-1861 ( Baton Rouge , 1970 ) . Excerpts from ...
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... VI . Lincoln and the Secession Crisis Civil War Causes and Consequences VII . The Irrepressible Conflict 163 191 246 VIII . The Southern Road to Appomattox Notes 271 Index 309 72 136 Unum aut Plures ? I The Concept of a Perpetual.
... VI . Lincoln and the Secession Crisis Civil War Causes and Consequences VII . The Irrepressible Conflict 163 191 246 VIII . The Southern Road to Appomattox Notes 271 Index 309 72 136 Unum aut Plures ? I The Concept of a Perpetual.
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... 1861-65 is problematic , but at the very least we would have been spared the prolix and convoluted debate over the legality of secession . * In returning to the old controversy about the nature The Concept of a Perpetual Union.
... 1861-65 is problematic , but at the very least we would have been spared the prolix and convoluted debate over the legality of secession . * In returning to the old controversy about the nature The Concept of a Perpetual Union.
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... secession , has been thoroughly examined . 1 The growth of American nationalism in the nineteenth century has also been the subject of numerous studies . However , one aspect of na- tionalist thought — the origin of the concept of a ...
... secession , has been thoroughly examined . 1 The growth of American nationalism in the nineteenth century has also been the subject of numerous studies . However , one aspect of na- tionalist thought — the origin of the concept of a ...
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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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