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Author McDougall, Walter A., 1946-

Title Throes of democracy : the American Civil War era, 1829-1877 / Walter A. McDougall.

Imprint New York : Harper, c2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 CCQ - Lusail Female Library  E338 .M38 2008    Available
 CCQ - Lusail Male Library  E338    Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxvi, 787 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [613]-757) and index.
Contents Pretenders? -- Old hickory, Indians, Bankers, and whigs -- Migrants, farmers, mechanics, and clowns -- Romantic revelators, reformers, and writers -- Conquistadors -- Forty-niners, filibusters, free-soilers, and fire-eaters -- Horsemen of the Ap
Summary From its shocking curtain-raiser--the conflagration that consumed Lower Manhattan in 1835--to the climactic centennial year of 1876, with a corrupt, deadlocked presidential campaign (fought out in Florida), this sequel to Freedom Just Around the
Subject United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States -- History -- 1865-1898.
Added Title American Civil War era, 1829-1877
ISBN 9780060567514
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0060567538 (pbk.)