Calculating the Value of the Union
Subtitle: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War (Civil War America)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: November 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780807828045
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Economic History; Slavery & emancipation; c 1800 to c 1900; History: American; Economic aspects; History - U.S.; United States; USA; Public Policy - Economic Policy; United States - Civil War; Civil War; History/United States: General;; Causes; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Right of property; Slavery
First sentence: When the English settled at Jamestown, they began creating a European civilization in North America, and thus they imprinted upon the early English outposts all the elements of their culture, bad as well as good.