American Mobbing, 1828-1861

Toward Civil War
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-0-19-517281-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 641 g

history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum America, this book argues that slavery riots produced different reactions from authorities in the North and South. Grimsted demonstrates that in these distinct reactions lay the social split that infiltrated politics and political rioting that ultimately led to the Civil War.

A comprehensive history of mob violence related to sectional issues in antebellum America. David Grimsted argues that, though the issue of slavery provoked riots in both the North and the South, the riots produced two different reactions from authorities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grimsted, David

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

(Associate Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park, USA)