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050	0	0	_aE468.9 _b.F84 1990
082	0	0	_a973.71 FRE
100	1		_aFreehling, William W. _d, 1935-
245	1	4	_aThe road to disunion _c/ William W. Freehling.
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, 1990-2007.
300			_a2nd vol. _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505	1		_av. 1. Secessionists at bay, 1776-1854 -- v. 2. Secessionists triumphant, 1854-1861.
520			_aThis major work of scholarship by the author of Prelude to the Civil War offers an intimate look at the Old South and describes how the slavery issue led to successive collisions between ``private despotism and public democracy.'' The book also provides a detailed account of how slavery functioned. Freehling's sweeping narrative traces national crises that led to secession: the Missiouri Compromise, the annexation of Texas, the Compromise Act of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Such figures as Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, and Abraham Lincoln stride vigorously through these pages. The study, which contributes importantly to our understanding of the causes of the Civil War, will interest readers with its brilliant evocation of the antebellum South.
650		0	_aSecession _z--Southern States
651			_aUnited States _x-History _y-Civil war, 1861-1865
651			_aSouthern States _x-History
651			_aUnited States _x-Politics and government _y-1815-1861
942			_cMO
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