| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 253 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Gettysburg Civil War Institute books"--Page [ii]. |
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"First published by Oxford University Press, Inc., 1996"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253). |
| Contents |
"And the war came"? Abraham Lincoln and the question of individual responsibility / Gabor S. Boritt -- "Little women" who helped make this great war / Glenna Matthews -- They knew what time it was : African-Americans / David W. Blight -- The crisis of American democracy : the political system and the coming of the Civil War / William E. Gienapp -- The divided south, democracy's limitations, and the causes of the peculiarly North American Civil War / William W. Freehling -- "Freedom and law must die ere they sever" : the North / Mark Wahlgren Summers -- Fort Sumter : at last the war / Charles Royster. |
| Summary |
In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased. What events were instrumental in bringing it about? How did individuals and institutions function? What did Northerners and Southerners believe in the decades of strife preceding the war? What steps did they take to avoid war? Indeed, was the great armed conflict avoidable at all? Why the Civil War Came brin. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865 |
| Indexed Term |
United States History, 1861 - 1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Boritt, G. S., 1940-
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Blight, David W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Why the Civil War came. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997, ©1996 0195113764 (OCoLC)37440464 |
| ISBN |
9780199761746 (electronic book) |
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0199761744 (electronic book) |
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0195113764 |
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9780195113761 |
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0195079418 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195079418 (acid-free paper) |
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