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Author:

Cook, Robert, 1958-

Title:

Secession winter : when the Union fell apart. / Robert J. Cook, William L. Barney, Elizabeth R. Varon ; [foreword, Jarod Roll].

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

vii, 119 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Secession--Southern States.
Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
Slavery--Southern States--History--19th century.
Lee, Robert E.--(Robert Edward),--1807-1870.
Collective memory--Southern States.

Other Authors:

Barney, William L.
Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [91]-103) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the secession crisis as a study in conflict resolution -- Rush to disaster : secession and the slaves' revenge / William L. Barney -- "Save in defense of my native state" : a new look at Robert E. Lee's cecision to join the Confederacy / Elizabeth R. Varon -- "Their object is to hide the truth" : historical memory and the coming of the American Civil War / Robert J. Cook.

Series:

The Marcus Cunliffe lecture series

ISBN:

1421408961 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781421408965 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1421408953 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421408958 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)801219404

LCCN:

2012027076

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)