Prologue to Conflict: The Crisis and Compromise of 1850

" With a new introduction by Michael F. Holt The crisis facing the United States in 1850 was a dramatic prologue to the conflict that came a decade later. The rapid opening of western lands demanded the speedy establishment of local civil administration for these vast regions. Outraged partisans, however, cried of coercion: Southerners saw a threat to the precarious sectional balance, and Northerners feared an extension of slavery. In this definitive study, Holman Hamilton analyzes the complex e

Author: Holman Hamilton
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/22/2005
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.86w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9780813191362

About the Author

Holman Hamilton is the author of a two-volume work about Zachary Taylor. A former Guggenheim fellow, he also wrote The Three Kentucky Presidents.

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