American civil wars : a continental history, 1850-1873

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American civil wars : a continental history, 1850-1873

Taylor, Alan 1955- (author.).

Summary: Historian Alan Taylor examines a pivotal twenty-year period in which North America's three largest countries--the United States, Mexico, and Canada--all transformed themselves into nations.

Record details

ISBN: 9781324035282
ISBN: 1324035285
Physical Description: print
xx, 534 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-513) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Unsettled -- Lives -- Fugitives -- Destinies -- Thunder -- Disunion -- Miseries -- Revolutions -- West -- Invasions -- Elections -- Borders -- Reconstructions -- Epilogue: Sleeping giants.