Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri
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Author | : Jonathan Halperin Earle |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2013 |
ISBN-10 | : 0700619283 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780700619283 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri by : Jonathan Halperin Earle
Book excerpt: "This multi-faceted study gives readers a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of the violence that erupted--long before the first shot was fired at Fort Sumter--along the Missouri-Kansas border by blending the political and military with the social and intellectual history of the populace. The fifteen essays together explain why the divisiveness was so bitter and persisted so long, still influencing attitudes 150 years later"--