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Impending Crisis : America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861 by David M. Potter (2011, Trade Paperback)

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The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 by David M. Potter [Paperback]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100061319295

ISBN-139780061319297

eBay Product ID (ePID)38604

Product Key Features

Book TitleImpending Crisis : America before the Civil War, 1848-1861

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

TopicUnited States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / 21st Century, United States / General

FeaturesReprint

GenreHistory

AuthorDavid M. Potter

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight16.2 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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Dewey Decimal973.7/11

Edition DescriptionReprint

Synopsis"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." --Civil War History David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is "the classic study of of antebellum America" (American Prospect). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains "modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War" (Journal of Southern History)., "David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." -Civil War History "The magnum opus of a great American historian." -Newsweek Now in a new edition for the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, David Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning history of antebellum America offers an indispensible analysis of the causes of the war between the states. The Journal of Southern History calls Potter's incisive account, "modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War," and the New York Times Book Review hails it as "profound and originalâ€¦. History in the grand tradition.", "David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." -- Civil War History David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is "the classic study of of antebellum America" ( American Prospect ). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains "modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War" ( Journal of Southern History ).

LC Classification NumberE459