Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men :
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.
Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War / Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. - Chicago : Open Court, c1996. - xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: America's Crisis -- Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- Emergence of the Republican Party -- The Confederate States of America -- Mobilizing for Conflict -- The Military Struggle -- The War to Abolish Slavery? -- Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- The Ravages of Total War -- The Politics of Reconstruction -- American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.
0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper) 0812693124 (paper : alk. paper)
96019332
States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
Reconstruction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865
E468 / .H94 1996
973.7
Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War / Jeffrey Rogers Hummel. - Chicago : Open Court, c1996. - xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: America's Crisis -- Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- Emergence of the Republican Party -- The Confederate States of America -- Mobilizing for Conflict -- The Military Struggle -- The War to Abolish Slavery? -- Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- The Ravages of Total War -- The Politics of Reconstruction -- American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.
0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper) 0812693124 (paper : alk. paper)
96019332
States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century.
Reconstruction.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.
United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865
E468 / .H94 1996
973.7