{"product_id":"the-republic-in-crisis-1848-1861-paperback-9781107639232","title":"The Republic in Crisis, 1848–1861 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107639232","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Republic in Crisis, 1848–1861\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMeticulously analyses the political climate in the years leading up to the American Civil War and the causes of that conflict.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Ashworth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107639232, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 August 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages, 4 b\/w illus.  6 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.32 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'… John Ashworth offers a brief interpretation of the 1850s that focuses on how changes in ideology and economics, particularly their impact on how northerners and southerners viewed slavery, caused the civil war.' Christopher Childers, The Journal of Southern History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Republic in Crisis, 1848–1861 analyses the political climate in the years leading up to the American Civil War, offering for students and general readers a clear, chronological account of the sectional conflict and the beginning of the Civil War. Emerging from the tumultuous political events of the 1840s and 1850s, the Civil War was caused by the maturing of the North and South's separate, distinctive forms of social organisation and their resulting ideologies. John Ashworth emphasises factors often overlooked in explanations of the war, including the resistance of slaves in the South and the growth of wage labour in the North. Ashworth acquaints readers with modern writings on the period, providing a new interpretation of the American Civil War's causes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The United States in 1848: a nation imperiled\u003cbr\u003e 2. Crisis at mid-century, 1848–51\u003cbr\u003e 3. Immigrants, alcoholics and their enemies: ethnocultural issues, 1851–4\u003cbr\u003e 4. Preparing for disaster: the politics of slavery, 1851–4\u003cbr\u003e 5. Political maelstrom, 1854–6\u003cbr\u003e 6. North and south, republican and democrat\u003cbr\u003e 7. Political polarisation, 1857–60\u003cbr\u003e 8. Secession and the outbreak of war, 1860–1\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: slavery, emancipation, and the Civil War.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 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], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\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":45908942422296,"sku":"9781107639232","price":20.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107639232i_b07ece34-2991-4d32-8611-6b6921aba3d2.jpg?v=1696781020","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-republic-in-crisis-1848-1861-paperback-9781107639232","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}