The Election of 1860 Reconsidered

Klappentext The election of 1860 was a crossroad in American history. Faced with four major candidates! voters in the North and South went to the polls not knowing that the result of the election would culminate in the bloodiest conflict the US had ever seen. Despite its obvious importance! surprisingly few studies have focused exclusively on this electoral contest itself. Here seven historians offer insightful essays that challenge the traditional view of the election! present fresh interpretations! and approach the contest from new angles.

About the author

A. James Fuller is associate professor of history at the University of Indianapolis, USA. Among his many publications are Chaplain to the Confederacy: Basil Manly and Baptist Life in the Old South, 1798- 1868; America, War and Power: Defining the State, 1775-2005 (coedited with Lawrence Sondhaus); and Soldiers of Christ: Selections from the Writings of Basil Manly, Sr., and Basil Manly, Jr. (coedited with Michael Haykin and Roger Duke).

Product details

• Authors: A. James (EDT) Fuller, James A. Fuller
• Assisted by: A. James Fuller (Editor)
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2012
• EAN: 9781606351482
• ISBN: 978-1-60635-148-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Civil War in the North; Civil War in the North
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system