The Impending Crisis - by David M Potter (Paperback)
Similar Products
Products of same category from the store
All
Product info
<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>David M. Potter s magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War. Civil War History The magnum opus of a great American historian. NewsweekNow in a new edition for the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, David Potter s Pulitzer Prize-winning history of antebellum America offers an indispensible analysis of the causes of the war between the states. The Journal of Southern History calls Potter s incisive account, modern scholarship s most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War, and the New York Times Book Review hails it as profound and original . History in the grand tradition. "<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>"David M. Potter's magisterial <em>The Impending Crisis </em>is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War." --<em>Civil War History</em></strong></p><p>David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>The Impending Crisis</em> is the classic study of of antebellum America (<em>American Prospect</em>). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, <em>The Impending Crisis</em> remains modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War (<em>Journal of Southern History</em>).</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p>David M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning <em>The Impending Crisis</em> is the definitive history of antebellum America. Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, <em>The Impending Crisis</em> remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"David M. Potter's magisterial <em>The Impending Crisis</em> is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War."--<strong>Civil War History</strong><br><br>"Modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War."--<strong>Lacy K. Ford, Journal of Southern History</strong><br><br>"Profound and original. <em>The Impending Crisis</em> is history in the grand tradition."--<strong>Eric Foner, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong><br><br>"The classic study of antebellum America"--<strong>American Prospect</strong><br><br>"The magnum opus of a great American historian."--<strong><em>Newsweek</em></strong><br><br>"With a rare combination of nuance and narrative drive, David Potter... vividly portrays a nation coming apart. ... Potter writes with such immediacy that events long past feel like the present unfolding before our eyes."--<strong>Andrew Delbanco, <em>Wall Street Journal</em></strong><br>
Price History
Cheapest price in the interval: 14.69 on October 28, 2021
Most expensive price in the interval: 14.69 on February 4, 2022
Price Archive shows prices from various stores, lets you see history and find the cheapest. There is no actual sale on the website. For all support, inquiry and suggestion messagescommunication@pricearchive.us