Carolyn R. Martin | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

Considers the key questions America faced on the eve of the Civil War: What factors fuelled booming national expansion and economic growth, and what roles did they play in the national conversation? Would the slave-based economy continue to thrive? What would be the long-term effects of John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry? And what was the outlook for the election of 1860?