Secession winter : when the Union fell apart.

Publication Data

• Title Secession winter : when the Union fell apart.
• Author Robert Cook
• Contributors William L. Barney, Elizabeth R. Varon
• Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date 2013
• Publication location Baltimore
• Language English

Contents

Introduction : the secession crisis as a study in conflict resolution
Rush to disaster : secession and the slaves' revenge / William L. Barney
"Save in defense of my native state" : a new look at Robert E. Lee's cecision to join the Confederacy / Elizabeth R. Varon
"Their object is to hide the truth" : historical memory and the coming of the American Civil War / Robert J. Cook.

Topics

• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870
• Secession :: Southern States
• Slavery :: Southern States :: History :: 19th century
• Collective memory :: Southern States
• Confederate States of America :: Politics and government
• United States :: History :: Civil War, 1861-1865 :: Causes
• Confederate States of America
• United States

Secession winter : when the Union fell apart. by Robert Cook. ISBN 9781421408965. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.