Politics and America in crisis : the coming of the Civil War /
Green, Michael S.
Santa Barbara, Calif. ; Oxford : Praeger,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Provisos and spots : the cracking of old coalitions -- The compromise of 1850 -- "A hell of a storm" : the aftermath of compromise -- Bleeding parties, bleeding Kansas, bleeding Sumner -- A new president, a new party, a new constitutional clash -- Great debates and greater debates -- Purging the land with blood.