This Vast Southern Empire
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Matthew Karp | ISBN: | 9780674973848 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | September 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Matthew Karp |
| ISBN: | 9780674973848 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | September 12, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Most leaders of the U.S. expansion in the years before the Civil War were southern slaveholders. As Matthew Karp shows, they were nationalists, not separatists. When Lincoln’s election broke their grip on foreign policy, these elites formed their own Confederacy not merely to preserve their property but to shape the future of the Atlantic world.
Most leaders of the U.S. expansion in the years before the Civil War were southern slaveholders. As Matthew Karp shows, they were nationalists, not separatists. When Lincoln’s election broke their grip on foreign policy, these elites formed their own Confederacy not merely to preserve their property but to shape the future of the Atlantic world.
