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<p><p>when William Freehling's <b>prelude To Civil War</b> First Appeared In 1965 It Was Immediately Hailed As A Brilliant And Incisive Study Of The Origins Of The Civil War. <b>book Week</b> Called It Fresh, Exciting, And Convincing, While <b>the Virginia Quarterly Review</b> Praised It As, Quite Simply, History At Its Best. It Was Equally Well-received By Historical Societies, Garnering The Allan Nevins History Prize As Well As A Bancroft Prize, The Most Prestigious History Award Of All. Now Once Again Available, <b>prelude To Civil War</b> Is Still The Definitive Work On The Subject, And One Of The Most Important In Ante-bellum Studies.<br> It Tells The Story Of The Nullification Controversy In South Carolina, Describing How From 1816 To 1836 Aristocratic Planters Of The Palmetto State Tumbled From A Contented And Prosperous Life Of Elegant Balls And Fine Madeira Wines To A World Rife With Economic Distress, Guilt Over Slavery, And Apprehension Of Slave Rebellion. It Shows In Compelling Detail How This Reversal Of Fortune Led The Political Leaders Of South Carolina Down The Path To Ever More Radical States Rights Doctrines&#58; In 1832 They Were Seeking To Nullify Federal Law By

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Author

Freehling, William W., 1935-

Publisher

Oxford University Press USA

Published

1966

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195076813

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (33 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14