{"product_id":"there-is-a-north-john-l-brooke-9781625344465","title":"There Is a North: Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War","description":"How does political change take hold? In the 1850s, politicians and abolitionists despaired, complaining that the \"North, the poor timid, mercenary, driveling North\" offered no forceful opposition to the power of the slaveholding South. And yet, as John L. Brooke proves, the North did change. Inspired by brave fugitives who escaped slavery and the cultural craze that was \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e, the North rose up to battle slavery, ultimately waging the bloody Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Lincoln's alleged quip about the little woman who started the big war has been oft-repeated, scholars have not fully explained the dynamics between politics and culture in the decades leading up to 1861. Rather than simply viewing the events of the 1850s through the lens of party politics, \u003ci\u003e\"There Is a North\"\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to explore \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e cultural action--including minstrelsy, theater, and popular literature--transformed public opinion and political structures. Taking the North's rallying cry as his title, Brooke shows how the course of history was forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Brooke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1625344465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781625344465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Massachusetts Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 442\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020","brand":"John L. Brooke","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46739050561791,"sku":"9781625344465","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_27be5a28-1098-4e6f-ae41-11e9b2523ef6.jpg?v=1743277058","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/there-is-a-north-john-l-brooke-9781625344465","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}