The Origins of the American Civil War by Brian Holden Reid -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Maps Editor’s Foreword Preface Introduction 1. An American Experiment in Democracy

Growing pains The struggle for stability South Carolina and the Nullification Crisis, 1831–33 Conclusion

2. The South and Its Peculiar Institution

The rise of slavery The growth of southern sectionalism A southern ‘civilization’?

3. Sectional Tensions Resolved, 1840–50

The rise of anti-slavery politics The Wilmot Proviso The Compromise of 1850

4. Sectional Tensions Unsolved, 1850–58

The rise of the Republican Party The Dred Scott decision The threat of the slave power The slump of 1857 ‘Political crisis’ or war?

5. Anticipations of War, 1858–60

How men felt Thinking about war How men acted John Brown’s raid, 1859

6. The Year of Decision: 1860

The Democratic Convention The Republican Convention The presidential campaign The aftermath

7. The Secession Crisis: Southern Challenges, Norther Responses

Forming the Lincoln Administration Southern secession: the first phase The secession movement Southern opinion Efforts at compromise The failure of compromise The Montgomery convention Lincoln’s first inaugural address

8. The Final Crisis: Fort Sumter

The political context The problem of interpretation Space Time Direction Resolution Southern secession: the second phase Concluding reflections

9. The Origins of a Punitive Civil War: Why Did the War Not Spread?

The secession crisis: the third phase The problem of slavery The making of the Emancipation Proclamation The illusions of the South Anglo-American crises and their resolution, 1861–62

Conclusion Bibliography Maps Index

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