Storm over Texas : the annexation controversy and the road to Civil War / Joel H. Silbey.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pivotal moments in American historyPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.Description: xx, 230 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195139440
  • 0195139445
  • 9780195315929
  • 0195315928
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Storm over Texas.; Online version:: Storm over Texas.DDC classification:
  • 976.4/04 22
LOC classification:
  • F390 .S558 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Editor's note -- Preface -- Prologue : The Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States is finally passed -- Goin' to Texas : Texas in the American imagination and politics, 1821-1841 -- And Tyler too -- We cannot carry Virginia for you : political earthquake, 1843-1844 -- Texas will be annexed -- Prolific of evil and pregnant with bloody fruit -- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude -- Their heinous sin : the long shadow of Texas -- Conclusion : An element of overwhelming ruin to the republic -- Bibliographic essay.
Summary: An account of a crucial turning point in American history along the road to the Civil War reveals how partisan differences were transformed into a North-v.-South antagonism that caused the momentum toward the Civil War to go into high gear.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-213) and index.

Editor's note -- Preface -- Prologue : The Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States is finally passed -- Goin' to Texas : Texas in the American imagination and politics, 1821-1841 -- And Tyler too -- We cannot carry Virginia for you : political earthquake, 1843-1844 -- Texas will be annexed -- Prolific of evil and pregnant with bloody fruit -- Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude -- Their heinous sin : the long shadow of Texas -- Conclusion : An element of overwhelming ruin to the republic -- Bibliographic essay.

An account of a crucial turning point in American history along the road to the Civil War reveals how partisan differences were transformed into a North-v.-South antagonism that caused the momentum toward the Civil War to go into high gear.

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