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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen G. HyslopPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9780806192734ISBN 10: 0806192739 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 30 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviews"""Building a House Divided is a beautifully written study of the scheming, calculations, and missteps of presidents, politicians, and everyday people that led to one of the most defining wars in American history.""--Andrew Torget, author of Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800-1850 ""Most people look at the history of the early United States backwards from Fort Sumter and ask how it all could have happened. Stephen J. Hyslop looks forward from the very earliest moments of the republic and clearly explains how slavery became entwined with westward expansion--deliberately or inadvertently--and how it led to disunion and civil war.""--Christopher Childers, author of The Failure of Popular Sovereignty: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and the Radicalization of Southern Politics ""This engrossing book provides a meticulous account--engaging, clear, polished, and sure-handed throughout--of the politics, diplomacy, and geography that simultaneously allowed the United States to become a continental nation by 1850 and triggered the South's secession from the Union in 1860-1861 and the bloody Civil War that followed.""--Robert E. May, author of Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America" “Building a House Divided is a beautifully written study of the scheming, calculations, and missteps of presidents, politicians, and everyday people that led to one of the most defining wars in American history.”— Andrew Torget, author of Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850 “Most people look at the history of the early United States backwards from Fort Sumter and ask how it all could have happened. Stephen J. Hyslop looks forward from the very earliest moments of the republic and clearly explains how slavery became entwined with westward expansion—deliberately or inadvertently—and how it led to disunion and civil war.”—Christopher Childers, author of The Failure of Popular Sovereignty: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and the Radicalization of Southern Politics “This engrossing book provides a meticulous account—engaging, clear, polished, and sure-handed throughout—of the politics, diplomacy, and geography that simultaneously allowed the United States to become a continental nation by 1850 and triggered the South’s secession from the Union in 1860–1861 and the bloody Civil War that followed.”—Robert E. May, author of Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America """Building a House Divided is a beautifully written study of the scheming, calculations, and missteps of presidents, politicians, and everyday people that led to one of the most defining wars in American history.""--Andrew Torget" Author InformationStephen G. Hyslop is an independent scholar who has written extensively on American history and the Spanish-American frontier. He served as editor of a 23-volume series on American Indians for Time-Life Books and is coauthor of several books published by the National Geographic Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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