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Author:

Huston, James L., 1947-

Title:

Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--History.--United States--History.
Right of property--United States--History.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
United States--Economic aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Economic aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-385) and index.

Contents:

Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

9780807828045 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807828041 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52134677

LCCN:

2003008363

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

UPAX334 -- Upper Iowa University - Henderson-Wilder Library (Fayette)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)