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The militant South, 1800-1861

Identifies the factors and causes of the South's festering propensity for aggression that contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. This title asserts that the South was dominated by militant white men who resorted to violence in the face of social, personal, or political conflict. It details the consequences of antebellum aggression.
Print Book, English, 2002
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University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2002
History
xvi, 317 s. ; 21 cm
9780252070693, 0252070690
474286567
Originally published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1956