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Author Schoen, Brian.

Title The fragile fabric of Union : cotton, federal politics, and the global origins of the Civil War / Brian Schoen.

Publication Info. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Prologue, 1787 -- The threads of a global loom : cotton, slavery, and union in an interdependent Atlantic, 1789-1820 -- Calculating the cost of union : nationalism and sectionalism in a Republican era, 1796-1818 -- Protecting slavery and free trade : the political economy of cotton, 1818-1833 -- Building bridges to the West and the world : empowerment and anxiety in the Second Party System, 1834-1848 -- An unnatural union : King Cotton and the lower South secession, 1849-1860 -- Epilogue, 1861.
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Subject American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Southern States.
Economic conditions.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Southern States -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe -- 19th century.
International economic relations.
Europe.
Cotton trade -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century.
Cotton trade.
History.
Cotton trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
United States.
Cotton trade -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Secession -- United States -- History.
Secession.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Schoen, Brian. Fragile fabric of Union. Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 9780801893032 (DLC) 2008050560 (OCoLC)276994757
ISBN 9780801897818 (electronic book)
0801897815 (electronic book)
9780801893032 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0801893038 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)