Author: Joel H. Silbey
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198031920
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
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In the spring of 1844, a fiery political conflict erupted over the admission of Texas into the Union. This hard-fought and bitter controversy profoundly changed the course of American history. Indeed, as Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, it marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear. Silbey, one of America's most renowned political historians, offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, which included an exceptional cast of characters, from John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, to James K. Polk and Martin Van Buren. We see how a series of unexpected moves, some planned, some inadvertent, sparked a crisis that intensified and crystallized the North-South divide. Sectionalism, Silbey shows, had often been intense, but rarely widespread and generally well contained by other forces. After Texas statehood, it became a driving force in national affairs, ultimately leading to Southern secession and Civil War. With subtlety, great care, and much imagination, Joel Silbey shows that this brief political struggle became, in the words of an Alabama congressman, "the greatest question of the age"--and a pivotal moment in American history.
Storm over Texas
Speech ... delivered in the Senate ... May, 1844, on the Treaty for the Annexation of Texas
Three Speeches of the Honorable Thomas H. Benton, Senator from the State of Missouri
Author: Thomas Hart Benton
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Speeches on the War with Mexico, 1846-8
Thirty Years' View
Author: Thomas Hart Benton
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 904
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Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850
Author: Thomas Hart Benton
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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Category : Slavery
Languages : en
Pages : 810
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A Wicked War
Author: Amy S. Greenberg
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307475999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The definitive history of the often forgotten U.S.-Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world—from Indian fights and Manifest Destiny, to secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one to read.” —The New York Review of Books Often overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America’s first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307475999
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The definitive history of the often forgotten U.S.-Mexican War paints an intimate portrait of the major players and their world—from Indian fights and Manifest Destiny, to secret military maneuvers, gunshot wounds, and political spin. “If one can read only a single book about the Mexican-American War, this is the one to read.” —The New York Review of Books Often overlooked, the U.S.-Mexican War featured false starts, atrocities, and daring back-channel negotiations as it divided the nation, paved the way for the Civil War a generation later, and launched the career of Abraham Lincoln. Amy S. Greenberg’s skilled storytelling and rigorous scholarship bring this American war for empire to life with memorable characters, plotlines, and legacies. Along the way it captures a young Lincoln mismatching his clothes, the lasting influence of the Founding Fathers, the birth of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and America’s first national antiwar movement. A key chapter in the creation of the United States, it is the story of a burgeoning nation and an unforgettable conflict that has shaped American history.
The Annexation of Texas
Author: Justin Harvey Smith
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Category : Texas
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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Speeches
Author: Henry Clay
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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Speech of Mr. Luther Severance, of Maine, on the Mexican War
Author: Luther Severance
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Category : Mexican War, 1846-1848
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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