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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).Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780061319297
eBay Product ID (ePID)90162415
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Number of Pages638 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Impending Crisis, 1848-61
Publication Year2011
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
AuthorDavid M. Potter
SeriesTorchbooks
Dimensions
Item Height204 mm
Item Width134 mm
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EditorDon E. Fehrenbacher
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorDavid M. Potter