Why the Civil War came
In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What even...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
1997, c1996.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3107439x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- "And the war came"? Abraham Lincoln and the question of individual responsibility / Gabor S. Boritt
- "Little women" who helped make this great war / Glenna Matthews
- They knew what time it was : African-Americans / David W. Blight
- The crisis of American democracy : the political system and the coming of the Civil War / William E. Gienapp
- The divided south, democracy's limitations, and the causes of the peculiarly North American Civil War / William W. Freehling
- "Freedom and law must die ere they sever" : the North / Mark Wahlgren Summers
- Fort Sumter : at last the war / Charles Royster.
