Caning of Charles Sumner - Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War

Zusammenfassung A signal! violent event in the history of the United States Congress! the caning of Charles Sumner on the Senate floor embodied the complex North-South cultural divide of the mid-nineteenth century. This title demonstrates just how far the factions had drifted apart and explains why the coming war was so difficult to avoid.

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• Autori: Williamjames Hull Hoffer, Williamjames Hull (Seton Hall University) Hoffer
• Editore: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.06.2010
• EAN: 9780801894688
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-9468-8
• Pagine: 160
• Serie: Witness to History; Witness to History
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Politica e sua amministrazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie