The Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780--1860
A American History, Nonfiction, North American Hi... book. This book changed the way I looked at American History, politics...
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- Pages: 208 pages
- ISBN: 9780807126004 / 807126004
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This book changed the way I looked at American History, politics in American and so much more. The focus of the book is on the pre-Civil War South, a place of uncompromising undemocratic power and how those elements served as a strangle hold for the Northern states. The book is well written and the argument is thought provoking. It... the book is difficult to read. no joke. there isn't a traditional introduction, nor layout for this history book. also unlike most history books published today, it's a political history. there has a real push for social history since the '60s, and for this to be a purely political history is unexpected. all that being said, it's a... Scholarly and readable, and untainted by pomo nonsense. Traces in detail the ramifications of the 3/5 compromise, and how the 15-odd votes it put in control of the pro-slavery oligarchy allowed them to dominate federal process for 60 years. This context is crucial for understanding why Southern hotheads went batshit insane over the...
