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Disunion!
Elizabeth R. Varon
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Description for Disunion!
Paperback. Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 Num Pages: 472 pages, 12 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 672.
In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As Elizabeth Varon shows, ""disunion"" connoted the dissolution of the republic--the failure of the founders' effort to establish a stable and lasting representative government. For many Americans in both the North and the South, disunion was a nightmare, a cataclysm that would plunge the nation into the kind of fear and misery that seemed to pervade the rest of the world. For many others, however, disunion was seen as the main instrument by which they could achieve ... Read more
In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As Elizabeth Varon shows, ""disunion"" connoted the dissolution of the republic--the failure of the founders' effort to establish a stable and lasting representative government. For many Americans in both the North and the South, disunion was a nightmare, a cataclysm that would plunge the nation into the kind of fear and misery that seemed to pervade the rest of the world. For many others, however, disunion was seen as the main instrument by which they could achieve ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
Series
Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807871591
SKU
V9780807871591
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About Elizabeth R. Varon
Elizabeth R. Varon is professor of history at Temple University.
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