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While slavery is often at the heart of debates over the causes of the Civil War, historians are not agreed on precisely what aspect of slavery — with its various social, economic, political, cultural, and moral ramifications — gave rise to the sectional rift. In Calculating the Value of the Union, James Huston integrates economic, social, and political history to argue that the issue of property rights as it pertained to slavery was at the center of the Civil War.
In the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights that would recognize and protect their ownership of slaves. Northern interests, on the other hand, opposed any national interpretation of property rights because of the threat slavery posed to the northern free labor market, particularly if allowed to spread to western territories. This impasse sparked a process of political realignment that culminated in the creation of the Republican Party, ultimately leading to the secession crisis.
Deeply researched and carefully written, this study rebuts recent trends in antebellum historiography and persuasively argues for a fundamentally economic interpretation of the slavery issue and the coming of the Civil War.
Editions of Calculating the Value of the Union
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780807828045
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781469629100
- EBook
- ISBN 9780807861684
- PDF
- ISBN 9798890877499
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While slavery is often at the heart of debates over the causes of the Civil War, historians are not agreed on precisely what aspect of slavery — with its various social, economic, political, cultural, and moral ramifications — gave rise to the sectional rift. In Calculating the Value of the Union, James Huston integrates economic, social, and political history to argue that the issue of property rights as it pertained to slavery was at the center of the Civil War.
In the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights that would recognize and protect their ownership of slaves. Northern interests, on the other hand, opposed any national interpretation of property rights because of the threat slavery posed to the northern free labor market, particularly if allowed to spread to western territories. This impasse sparked a process of political realignment that culminated in the creation of the Republican Party, ultimately leading to the secession crisis.
Deeply researched and carefully written, this study rebuts recent trends in antebellum historiography and persuasively argues for a fundamentally economic interpretation of the slavery issue and the coming of the Civil War.
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While slavery is often at the heart of debates over the causes of the Civil War, historians are not agreed on precisely what aspect of slavery — with its various social, economic, political, cultural, and moral ramifications — gave rise to the sectional rift. In Calculating the Value of the Union, James Huston integrates economic, social, and political history to argue that the issue of property rights as it pertained to slavery was at the center of the Civil War.
In the early years of the nineteenth century, southern slaveholders sought a national definition of property rights that would recognize and protect their ownership of slaves. Northern interests, on the other hand, opposed any national interpretation of property rights because of the threat slavery posed to the northern free labor market, particularly if allowed to spread to western territories. This impasse sparked a process of political realignment that culminated in the creation of the Republican Party, ultimately leading to the secession crisis.
Deeply researched and carefully written, this study rebuts recent trends in antebellum historiography and persuasively argues for a fundamentally economic interpretation of the slavery issue and the coming of the Civil War.
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History and Archaeology > History > History of the Americas
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How long is Calculating the Value of the Union and how many pages does it have?
Calculating the Value of the Union has 416 page(s)
Is Calculating the Value of the Union part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Civil War America
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Calculating the Value of the Union?
James L. Huston
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Calculating the Value of the Union is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780807828045) and paperback(ISBN 9781469629100) and ebook(ISBN 9780807861684) and pdf(ISBN 9798890877499)
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