The South and the sectional conflict / [by] David M. Potter.

Author/creator Potter, David Morris
Other author American Council of Learned Societies.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press,
Descriptionxi, 321 p. 23 cm.
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Subjects

Contents The enigma of the South.--On understanding the South.--The historian's use of nationalism and vice versa.--The literature on the background of the Civil War.--The Lincoln theme and American national historiography.--Depletion and renewal in Southern history.--John Brown and the paradox of leadership among American Negroes.--Horace Greeley and peaceable secession.--Why the Republicans rejected both compromise and secession.--Jefferson Davis and the political factors in Confederate defeat.--The Civil War in the history of the modern world; a comparative view.
General noteEssays.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 68008941

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