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David M. Potters magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War. Civil War History
David M. Potters Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the classic study of of antebellum America (American Prospect). Potters 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 Browns uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains modern scholarships most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War (Journal of Southern History).
Author: David M. Potter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/15/2011
Pages: 672
Weight: 1.22lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780061319297
Language: English
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