The fragile fabric of Union [electronic resource] : cotton, federal politics, and the global origins of the Civil War / Brian Schoen.
Series: Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of PhiladelphiaPublication details: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.Description: xiv, 369 p. : ill., mapISBN:- 9780801893032 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0801893038 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 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
- Southern States -- Economic conditions -- 19th century
- Southern States -- Foreign economic relations -- Europe -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
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- F213 .S37 2009eb

Includes bibliographical references and index.
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