The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War, Volume 2Stampp considers the American concept of a perpetual union, two historiographical controversies about the nature of slavery, the main elements of Republican Party thought in the antebellum period, and the causes of the Civil War. |
Contents
The Concept of a Perpetual Union | 3 |
The Search for | 39 |
A Humanistic Perspective | 72 |
Copyright | |
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The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War Kenneth M. Stampp Limited preview - 1981 |
The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War Kenneth M. Stampp Limited preview - 1981 |
The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War Kenneth M. Stampp Limited preview - 1981 |
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