The Causes of the Civil War
Subtitle: institutional failure or human blunder?
By: edited by Hans L. Trefousse.
Contributors: Trefousse, Hans Louis.
Edition: Reprint w/corrections 1982.
Series: American problem studies
Publisher: R.E. Krieger
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Malabar, Fla
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
Notes: Bibliography: p. 126-129.
Table of contents: title: Slavery and race: Slavery, the sole cause / James Ford Rhodes. Slavery and the problem of race adjustment / Allan Nevins; title: Economic conflict: The approach of the second American revolution / Charles A. and Mary R. Beard. Commitment to laissez faire / William Appleman Williams; title: "Two civilizations": Two separate societies / Arthur C. Cole. Southern agrarianism / Frank L. Owsley; title: Failure of politics: Human failure / James G. Randall. Party failure / Roy F. Nichols; title: The moral issue: A moral problem / Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.; title: Lincoln:  Fort Sumter a deliberate plot / Charles W. Ramsdell. Lincoln's peaceful intentions / David M. Potter. Lincoln's risky gamble / Richard N. Current.