America in 1857 : a nation on the brink / Kenneth M. Stampp.
By: Stampp, Kenneth M. (Kenneth Milton).
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BookPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1990Description: ix, 388 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0195039025 (alk. paper) :.Subject(s): United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 | United States -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 973.6/8 Summary: A study of America in 1857, covering all the major crises of the eventful year, including a bank panic, a threatened Mormon rebellion, and the Dred Scott decision; looking at the state of the country in mid-century; and focusing on the political frauds perpetrated by proslavery Kansans, aided by President Buchanan, in their attempts to make the Kansas Territory a slave state.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.
A study of America in 1857, covering all the major crises of the eventful year, including a bank panic, a threatened Mormon rebellion, and the Dred Scott decision; looking at the state of the country in mid-century; and focusing on the political frauds perpetrated by proslavery Kansans, aided by President Buchanan, in their attempts to make the Kansas Territory a slave state.
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