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The Causes of the Civil War: Revised Edition (Touchstone)
 
 

The Causes of the Civil War: Revised Edition (Touchstone) (Paperback)

~ Kenneth Stampp (Editor) "DURING THE YEARS of bitter sectional conflict that preceded the Civil War, Northern abolitionists, editors, and Republican politicians repeatedly charged that the Southin fact, the..." (more)
Key Phrases: egocentric sectionalism, blundering generation, needless war, United States, New York, South Carolina (more...)
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Was the Civil War inevitable? What really caused it? Drawing on original sources--from Jefferson Davis to Frederick Douglass--and interpretive essays by today's most influential historians, this collection of essays gives a vivid sense of the political, economic, and cultural currents that swept the nation to war.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Touchstone; 3 Revised edition (January 15, 1992)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0671751557
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671751555
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #242,929 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Facinating selection from diverse sources, November 27, 1999
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some drivel, some repetitive and others stunning with fresh insight. Impossible to characterize as biased because of the variety of sources. What is called the "American Civil War" is a complex event which is difficult to untangle from all that preceded or followed it. The self-rightousness, aggrandizing commercial motives of the North were often masked as moral crusades and the theme emerged time and time again as I read. I would have to add this as a "must read" for anyone who is serious about scholarship of the period.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Stampp leaves his mark, October 29, 2008
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This book is concise, and gives the causes of the Civil War. Stampp is a very well respected and well informed. Stampp gives the reader a quick yet through breakdown of the causes of the Civil War. I used this book as a source in writing a paper on the Causes of the Civil War (undergrad) and it was very helpful. This is useful for those interested in American History.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Causes of the Civil War, January 13, 2009
This book is a seminal work for any student of the Civil War. It gives the opinions of those that actually lived through it, opinions from before, during, and after the war. These opinions are conflicting of course. For me it was not the type of book you can just sit down and read but rather a book to browse from time to time. An absolutely fascinating book.
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