And the War Came: The North and the Secession Crisis, 1860-1861

by Kenneth M. Stampp

Overview

“One of the most scholarly and provocative books written in this much worked-over period.”—Avery O. Craven, Saturday Review

“A documented, scholarly investigation of the growth of war fever in the North prior to the Civil War. The author discusses the disunionists both Northern and Southern, the party men who played politics, the businessmen who foresaw the loss of Southern markets, and those men who sincerely believed the Union must be preserved.”—Booklist

“It is well organized and well written, but most of all it presents an accurate picture of the welter of northern sentiments from which emerged the will to war in 1861.”—Journal of Southern History

“The author displays unusually keen analytical abilities. He writes with clarity and verve.”—Bell I. Wiley, Mississippi Valley Historical Review

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807101018
Publisher:	Louisiana State University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1970
Series:	Louisiana Paperbacks, L53 Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kenneth M Stampp, Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of History Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, was the author of The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South. He was awarded the Lincoln Prize for lifetime achievement in 1993.