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The Fate of Their Country : Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War by Michael F. Holt (2005, Trade Paperback)

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How partisan politics lead to the Civil War What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this brilliant and succinct book, Holt distills a lifetime of scholarship to demonstrate that secession and war did not arise from two irreconcilable economies any more than from moral objections to slavery. Short-sighted politicians were to blame. Rarely looking beyond the next election, the two dominant political parties used the emotionally charged and largely chimerical issue of slavery's extension westward to pursue reelection and settle political scores, all the while inexorably dragging the nation towards disunion. Despite the majority opinion (held in both the North and South) that slavery could never flourish in the areas that sparked the most contention from 1845 to 1861-the Mexican Cession, Oregon, and Kansas-politicians in Washington, especially members of Congress, realized the partisan value of the issue and acted on short-term political calculations with minimal regard for sectional comity. War was the result. Including select speeches by Lincoln and others, The Fate of Their Country openly challenges us to rethink a seminal moment in America's history.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0809044390
ISBN-13
9780809044399
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44782702

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fate of Their Country : Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War
Author
Michael F. Holt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
United States / 19th Century, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Political Process / Political Parties, United States / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
192 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
6.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
E415.H73 2005
Reviews
Michael Holt has distilled a lifetime of scholarship in this impressive account of America's greatest political crisis. There is no better introduction to the intricate yet explosive politics of the 1850s., "Michael Holt's fascinating study of partisan politics and the territorial slavery issue shows again why he is one of America's finest pre-civil war historians." --William W. Freehling, author of The South vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War "Michael Holt has distilled a lifetime of scholarship in this impressive account of America's greatest political crisis. There is no better introduction to the intricate yet explosive politics of the 1850s." --Harry Watson, author of Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America "Michael Holt has written a superb account of the nation's decent into Civil War. A skilled political historian, he focuses on the decisions that political leaders made, their arousal of the most divisive passions, and their loss of control of a system present in American life." --Joel H. Silbey, author of Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics, "Michael Holt's fascinating study of partisan politics and the territorial slavery issue shows again why he is one of America's finest pre-civil war historians." -- William W. Freehling, author of The South vs. The South: How Anti-Confederate Southerners Shaped the Course of the Civil War "Michael Holt has distilled a lifetime of scholarship in this impressive account of America's greatest political crisis. There is no better introduction to the intricate yet explosive politics of the 1850s." -- Harry Watson, author of Liberty and Power: The Politics of Jacksonian America "Michael Holt has written a superb account of the nation's decent into Civil War. A skilled political historian, he focuses on the decisions that political leaders made, their arousal of the most divisive passions, and their loss of control of a system present in American life." -- Joel H. Silbey, author of Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics, Michael Holt's fascinating study of partisan politics and the territorial slavery issue shows again why he is one of America's finest pre-civil war historians., Michael Holt has written a superb account of the nation's decent into Civil War. A skilled political historian, he focuses on the decisions that political leaders made, their arousal of the most divisive passions, and their loss of control of a system present in American life.
Copyright Date
2005
Dewey Decimal
973.7/11
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes