{"product_id":"politics-and-america-in-crisis-michael-green-9780275990954","title":"Politics and America in Crisis: The Coming of the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book unravels the political developments that made the Civil War unavoidable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitics and America in Crisis: The Coming of the Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e examines the developments between 1846 and 1861 that pushed the nation to war to see what they reveal about the North, the South, the people leading them, and the issues separating them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs shown here, in the decade and a half before the actual outbreak of the war, the mostly southern Democratic Party's fortunes veered from a presidential election victory in 1852 to the shocking loss of Abraham Lincoln in 1860--an event that marked the coming of age of the young antislavery Republican Party. In examining that sharp reversal, \u003ci\u003ePolitics and America in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e covers a wide range of key events, including efforts to ban slavery in territories won in the Mexican-American War, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raids.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275990958\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275990954\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 68","brand":"Michael Green","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913550070015,"sku":"9780275990954","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_6c5c98f3-6b6c-43e9-a22e-4cb50d2228ee.jpg?v=1680620996","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/politics-and-america-in-crisis-michael-green-9780275990954","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}