TheImpendingCrisis,1848-1861

作者 David M. Potter著
出版社 HarperCollinsUS
出版时间 1977年3月
ISBN 9780061319297
定价 162.20

内容简介

DavidM.Potter'sPulitzerPrize-winningTheImpendingCrisisisthedefinitivehistoryofantebellumAmerica.Potter'ssweepingepicmasterfullychartsthechaoticforcesthatclimaxedwiththeoutbreakoftheCivilWar:westwardexpansion,thedivisiveissueofslavery,theDredScottdecision,JohnBrown'suprising,theascensionofAbrahamLincoln,andthedramaofSouthernsuccession.Nowavailableinanewedition,TheImpendingCrisisremainsoneofthemostcelebratedworksofAmericanhistoricalwriting.

作者简介

DavidM.Potter(1910-1971)wasaprofessorofhistoryatYaleandStanforduniversities.Hewasposthumouslyawardedthe1977PulitzerPrizeforHistoryforTheImpendingCrisis,whichhisStanfordcolleagueDonFehrenbachercompletedandedited.DonE.Fehrenbacher(1920-1997)wasawardedthe1979PulitzerPrizeforHistoryforTheDredScottCase,andeditedtheLibraryofAmerica'stwo-volumecollectionofAbrahamLincoln'sspeechesandwritings.

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