{"product_id":"calculating-the-value-of-the-union-slavery-property-rights-and-the-economic-origins-of-the-civil-war-9781469629100","title":"Calculating the Value of the Union: Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile slavery is often at the heart of debates over the causes of the Civil War, historians are not agreed on precisely what aspect of slavery -- with its various social, economic, political, cultural, and moral ramifications -- gave rise to the sectional rift. In \u003ci\u003eCalculating the Value of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e, James Huston integrates economic, social, and political history to argue that the issue of property rights as it pertained to slavery was at the center of the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights that would recognize and protect their ownership of slaves. Northern interests, on the other hand, opposed any national interpretation of property rights because of the threat slavery posed to the northern free labor market, particularly if allowed to spread to western territories. This impasse sparked a process of political realignment that culminated in the creation of the Republican Party, ultimately leading to the secession crisis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeeply researched and carefully written, this study rebuts recent trends in antebellum historiography and persuasively argues for a fundamentally economic interpretation of the slavery issue and the coming of the Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. Huston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469629100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuston, James L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames L. Huston is professor of history at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. His books include \u003ci\u003eSecuring the Fruits of Labor: The American Concept of Wealth Distribution, 1765-1900\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115622195315,"sku":"9781469629100","price":80.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d9976897-16b5-4bda-934b-ed56c03313b8.jpg?v=1781787584","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/calculating-the-value-of-the-union-slavery-property-rights-and-the-economic-origins-of-the-civil-war-9781469629100","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}