The Panic of 1857 and the Coming of the Civil War
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780807113684 (0807113689)
ASIN: 0807113689
Publish date: 1987-11
Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
Pages no: 328
Edition language: English
Huston examines the economic events leading up to the Crisis in a very cursory fashion, then spends a fair amount of time discussing political and press reaction to it. This leads him to some conclusions about the role of the Crisis in foregrounding some economic issues in the sectional debate that...