Politics and America in crisis
Subtitle: the coming of the Civil War
By: Michaael S. Green.
Series: Reflections on the Civil War era; Reflections on the Civil War era
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780275990954; 9780313081743
Subjects: United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Provisos and spots : the cracking of old coalitions; title: The compromise of 1850; title: "A hell of a storm" : the aftermath of compromise; title: Bleeding parties, bleeding Kansas, bleeding Sumner; title: A new president, a new party, a new constitutional clash; title: Great debates and greater debates; title: Purging the land with blood.