Title :	The impending crisis : America before the Civil War : 1848-1861
Material Type:	printed text
Authors:	David Morris Potter, Author ; Don Edward. Fehrenbacher ; Don Edward. Fehrenbacher, Editor
Publisher:	New York : HarperPerennial
Publication Date:	2011
Pagination:	VII-638 p.-[24] p. de pl.
Size:	21 cm.
ISBN (or other code):	978-0-06-131929-7
Languages :	English (eng)
Descriptors:	940 L'histoire generale du nouveau monde
Keywords:	Sectionalism (United States)  United States-History-Civil War- 1861-1865-Causes.
Abstract:	David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.

The impending crisis : America before the Civil War : 1848-1861 [printed text] / David Morris Potter, Author ; Don Edward. Fehrenbacher ; Don Edward. Fehrenbacher, Editor . - New York : HarperPerennial, 2011 . - VII-638 p.-[24] p. de pl. ; 21 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-06-131929-7
Languages : English (eng)

Descriptors:	940 L'histoire generale du nouveau monde
Keywords:	Sectionalism (United States)  United States-History-Civil War- 1861-1865-Causes.
Abstract:	David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, The Impending Crisis remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.