Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781469606200 (1469606208)
Publish date: November 15th 2008
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Pages no: 472
Edition language: English
Series: Littlefield History of the Civil War Era
In Disunion!, Elizabeth Varon looks at the 70 years between the founding of the Republic and the opening salvos of the Civil War, focusing on the political vocabulary in use at the time. Specifically, as the title strongly suggests, the use of the word "disunion." She argues that "disunion" was once...