"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic
We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism
Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash
The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics
Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion
That is revolution! : the crisis of 1850
Beneath the iron heel : fugitive slaves and bleeding Kansas
To consummate its boldest designs : the slave power confronts the republicans
War to the knife : images of the coming fight
Epilogue: The Rubicon is passed : the war and beyond.
Disunion! : the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 by Elizabeth R. Varon. ISBN 9780807871591. Published by University of North Carolina Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.