{"product_id":"emotional-and-sectional-conflict-in-the-antebellum-united-states-hardback-9781107068988","title":"Emotional and Sectional Conflict in the Antebellum United States (Hardback) 9781107068988","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEmotional and Sectional Conflict in the Antebellum United States\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book explores how specific emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of, and responses to, the sectional conflict over slavery in the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael E. Woods (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107068988, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 August 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 15.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Woods should be commended for the breadth and depth of his research. He is explicit about his interdisciplinary influences, drawing on work from fields including psychology, sociology, and political science. Woods also cites a variety of primary sources, including letters, diaries, agricultural journals, novels, and political speeches, all to demonstrate how people in the antebellum period felt, expressed, and prescribed emotions, both individually and collectively … Emotional and Sectional Conflict in the Antebellum United States offers a significant contribution to the burgeoning field of the history of emotions, as well as a thoughtful addition to Civil War scholarship.' Erin Austin Dwyer, Journal of the Early Republic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe sectional conflict over slavery in the United States was not only a clash between labour systems and political ideologies but also a viscerally felt part of the lives of antebellum Americans. This book contributes to the growing field of emotions history by exploring how specific emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of, and responses to, the sectional conflict in order to explain why it culminated in disunion and war. Emotions from indignation to jealousy were inextricably embedded in antebellum understandings of morality, citizenship, and political affiliation. Their arousal in the context of political debates encouraged Northerners and Southerners alike to identify with antagonistic sectional communities and to view the conflicts between them as worth fighting over. Michael E. Woods synthesizes two schools of thought on Civil War causation: the fundamentalist, which foregrounds deep-rooted economic, cultural, and political conflict, and the revisionist, which stresses contingency, individual agency, and collective passion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: finding the heart of the sectional conflict\u003cbr\u003e Prologue: slavery, sectionalism, and the affective theory of the Union\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Emotion and the Growth of Sectional Political Identities: 1. Free labor, slave labor, and the political economy of happiness\u003cbr\u003e 2. Managed hearts and unmanageable slaves\u003cbr\u003e 3. Jealousy and the sectionalization of emotional styles\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Emotion and the Mobilization of Sectional Coalitions: 4. Indignation and the fitful growth of mass antislavery sentiment, 1820–56\u003cbr\u003e 5. Indignation and the Northern mobilization for war, 1856–61\u003cbr\u003e 6. Political jealousy and Southern radicalism from nullification to secession\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mourning and the mobilization of reluctant secessionists, 1860–1\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: reconstructing the affective theory of the Union.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Slavery \u0026amp; abolition of slavery [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Slavery \u0026amp; abolition of slavery\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Slavery%20\u0026amp;%20abolition%20of%20slavery%20%5BHBTS%5D%22\"\u003eHBTS\u003c\/a\u003e], Social \u0026amp; cultural history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; cultural history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20cultural%20history%20%5BHBTB%5D%22\"\u003eHBTB\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265572655384,"sku":"9781107068988","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107068988i.jpg?v=1692024311","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/emotional-and-sectional-conflict-in-the-antebellum-united-states-hardback-9781107068988","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}