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The Impending Crisis|David M. Potter

The Impending Crisis : America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE

"Profound and original, The Impending Crisis is history in the grand tradition." -Eric Foner

"Magisterial. . . The single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." --Civil War History

David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning The Impending Crisis is "the classic study of antebellum America" (American Prospect). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War:

  • Westward expansion
  • The divisive issue of slavery
  • The Dred Scott decision
  • John Brown's uprising
  • The ascension of Abraham Lincoln
  • And the drama of Southern succession

​​​​This riveting and significant historical work remains "modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War" (Journal of Southern History).

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780061319297
  • ISBN-10: 0061319295
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • Publish Date: March 1977
  • Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.22 pounds
  • Page Count: 672

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