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Wolf by the Ears
John R. Van Atta
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Description for Wolf by the Ears
Wolf by the Ears provides students in American history with an ideal introduction to the Missouri crisis while at the same time offering fresh insights for scholars of the early republic. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 216 pages, 6, 2 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
From the early days of the republic, American leaders knew that an unpredictable time bomb-the question of slavery-lay at the heart of national politics. An implicit understanding between North and South helped to keep the issue at bay: northern states, where slavery had been set on course for extinction via gradual emancipation, tacitly agreed to respect the property rights of southern slaveholders; in return, southerners essentially promised to view slave holding as a practical evil and look for ways to get rid of it. By 1819-1820, however, westward expansion had brought the matter to a head. As Thomas Jefferson wrote ... Read more
From the early days of the republic, American leaders knew that an unpredictable time bomb-the question of slavery-lay at the heart of national politics. An implicit understanding between North and South helped to keep the issue at bay: northern states, where slavery had been set on course for extinction via gradual emancipation, tacitly agreed to respect the property rights of southern slaveholders; in return, southerners essentially promised to view slave holding as a practical evil and look for ways to get rid of it. By 1819-1820, however, westward expansion had brought the matter to a head. As Thomas Jefferson wrote ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Witness to History
Number of Pages
216
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421416526
SKU
V9781421416526
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About John R. Van Atta
John R. Van Atta teaches history and constitutional law at the Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut. He is the author of Securing the West: Politics, Public Lands, and the Fate of the Old Republic, 1785-1850.
Reviews for Wolf by the Ears
Van Atta produces an incredibly readable and engaging work perfect for classroom use or as a refresher for those historians who need a compact summation of the latest scholarship surrounding this important historical moment in the early nation.
James J. Gigantino II Missouri Historical Review In this engaging work, Van Atta... provides an in-depth analysis of the 1820 Missouri ... Read more
James J. Gigantino II Missouri Historical Review In this engaging work, Van Atta... provides an in-depth analysis of the 1820 Missouri ... Read more