| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 455 pages) : illustrations |
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The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
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Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Contents |
The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850 -- Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas -- To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans -- War to the knife : images of the coming fight -- Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond |
| Summary |
At a time when North Carolina's population is exploding and its economy is shifting profoundly, one of the state's leading economists applies the tools of his trade to chronicle these changes and to inform North Carolinians in easy-to-understand terms what to expect in the future. Today we are living in a technologically connected age that has completely transformed the North Carolina economy, Walden explains. Once driven by tobacco, textiles, and furniture, the North Carolina economy now thrives on technology, pharmaceuticals, finance, food processing, and the manufacture of vehicle parts. Wh |
| Notes |
"A Caravan book"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-429) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Sectionalism (U.S.) -- History
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Sectionalism (U.S.) -- History -- Sources
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
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Antislavery movements -- United States -- History
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
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HISTORY.
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Sectionalism (United States)
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Antislavery movements
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Politics and government
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Rhetoric -- Political aspects
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Slavery -- Political aspects
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War -- Causes
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140416
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865 -- Sources
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807887189 |
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0807887188 |
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9781469606200 |
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1469606208 |
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0807866075 |
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9780807866078 |
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