| Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 Contributor(s): Varon, Elizabeth R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807871591 ISBN-13: 9780807871591 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: 973 |
| LCCN: 2008015677 |
| Lexile Measure: 1370 |
| Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.08" W x 9.12" (1.45 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Civil War - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. As Elizabeth Varon shows, "disunion" connoted the dissolution of the republic--the failure of the founders' effort to establish a stable and lasting representative government. For many Americans in both the North and the South, disunion was a nightmare, a cataclysm that would plunge the nation into the kind of fear and misery that seemed to pervade the rest of the world. For many others, however, disunion was seen as the main instrument by which they could achieve their partisan and sectional goals. Varon blends political history with intellectual, cultural, and gender history to examine the ongoing debates over disunion that long preceded the secession crisis of 1860-61. |
Contributor Bio(s): Varon, Elizabeth R.: - Elizabeth R. Varon is professor of history at Temple University. |