Clash of extremes : the economic origins of the Civil War / Marc Egnal.

Author: Egnal, Marc.

Imprint:New York : Hill and Wang, c2009.

Descriptionxii, 416 p. : ill. maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Foundations -- Rich man, poor man -- Deal making -- Rise of the lake economy -- Campaign against slavery -- Transformation of the lower south -- Reorientation of the upper south and border states -- Origins of the Republican Party, 1854-1856 -- Triumph of the Republicans, 1856-1860 -- The cotton states leave the Union -- Secession in the upper south and border states -- Republicans in power : the war years -- Republicans in power : building the industrial state.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-398) and index.

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