Decade of Disunion
How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861
Published on 23. July 2024
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-9821-7649-5 (ISBN)
Description
"The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new territories seemed unsuitable for the type of agriculture that depended on slave labor, but they lay south of the line where slavery was permitted by the 1820 Missouri Compromise. The subject of expanding slavery to the new territories became a flash point between North and South."--
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9821-7649-5 (9781982176495)
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Robert W. Merry
Decade of Disunion
How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War, 1849-1861
E-Book
07/2024
Simon + Schuster LLC
€16.80
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Person
Robert W. Merry is the author of five previous books, including President McKinley: Architect of the American Century and A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. He spent a decade covering Washington for The Wall Street Journal and served as an executive at Congressional Quarterly Inc. for twenty-two years, including twelve years as CEO. He also is the former editor of The National Interest and The American Conservative. He lives with his wife, Susan, in Langley, Washington, and Washington, DC.