Title The fragile fabric of Union : cotton, federal politics, and the global origins of the Civil War / Brian Schoen

Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 369 pages) : illustrations, map Series Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Contents Introduction -- Prologue, 1787 -- The threads of a global loom : cotton, slavery, and union in an interdependent Atlantic, 1789-1820 -- Calculating the cost of union : nationalism and sectionalism in a Republican era, 1796-1818 -- Protecting slavery and free trade : the political economy of cotton, 1818-1833 -- Building bridges to the West and the world : empowerment and anxiety in the Second Party System, 1834-1848 -- An unnatural union : King Cotton and the lower South secession, 1849-1860 -- Epilogue, 1861 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Cotton trade -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century Cotton trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century Cotton trade -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Secession -- United States -- History HISTORY. Cotton trade Economic history International economic relations Secession War -- Causes SUBJECT Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century Southern States -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219 Subject Europe Southern States United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2008050560 ISBN 9780801897818 0801897815

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