Storm over Texas by Silbey, Joel H.;

The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War

Sorozatcím: Pivotal Moments in American History;

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Kiadás sorszáma New ed
Kiadó OUP USA
Megjelenés dátuma 2007. január 4.

ISBN 9780195315929
Kötéstípus Puhakötés
Terjedelem256 oldal
Méret 225x144x18 mm
Súly 372 g
Nyelv angol
Illusztrációk 22 halftones, 1 map, 3 line illus.

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Újkor (XIX/XX. század fordulójáig) Amerika történelme További könyvek a történettudomány területén

Rövid leírás:

The tumultuous tale of how Texas joined the Union in a bitter political contest that helped set the nation on the course to civil war.

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Hosszú leírás:

In the Spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union, a hard-fought and bitter controversy that profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in A Fierce Political Storm, the battle over Texas marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear.
One of America's renowned political historians, Silbey offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, with an exceptional cast of characters, including John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams, James K. Polk, and Martin Van Buren. He shows in particular how the Van Buren bloc of the Democratic Party--the "Barnburners"--stood at the heart the annexation controversy. We see how a series of unexpected moves, some planned, some inadvertent, sparked a crisis that intensified and crystallized the North-South divide, which then became, for the first time, a driving force in national affairs. Sectionalism, Silbey shows, had often been intense, but rarely widespread and generally well contained by other forces on the political landscape. But after Texas statehood, the political landscape was transformed into one sculpted by implacable sectional differences. The bitter discord over annexation--with slavery the core issue--was the seed from which America's great crisis of union grew, leading ultimately to Southern secession and Civil War.
The Texas controversy released demons that were never again pushed back into the bottle. With subtlety, great care, and much imagination, Joel Silbey shows that this brief political struggle became, in the words of an Alabama congressman, "the greatest question of the age"--indeed, a pivotal moment in American history.

"Enlightening.... Silbey presents a lucid, fine-grained political history, complete with nuanced profiles of political leaders, that illuminates this watershed era of American history."--Publishers Weekly