The Causes of the Civil War: Revised Edition

The Causes of the Civil War: Revised Edition
ISBN-10
0671751557
ISBN-13
9780671751555
Series
The Causes of the Civil War
Category
History
Pages
255
Language
English
Published
1991
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Author
Kenneth Stampp

Description

Gathers original sources, including newspaper editorials, speeches, and documents, and shares comments by historians on the period

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