The caning of Charles Sumner
Subtitle: honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War
By: Williamjames Hull Hoffer.
Series: Witness to history
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801894688; 9780801894695
Subjects: Sumner, Charles, -- 1811-1874; Brooks, Preston S. -- 1819-1857; Assault and battery -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Legislators -- United States -- Biography; Idealism, American -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century; Honor -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes; United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: One minute; title: A machine that would go of itself?; title: Immediate aftermath; title: A long, winding road; title: What is the significance of the caning of Charles Sumner?; title: What have we learned?