Storm over Texas by Silbey
In Storm Over Texas Joel Silbey explores the shaping and development of one event in American history - the Texas annexation controversy - and how it came to be a truly pivotal moment, explaining why the debate over annexation of Texas in the 1840s followed a course that led, ultimately, to civil war.-
The Battle of Midway
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A Storm of Witchcraft
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Washington's Crossing
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Crossroads of Freedom
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Brown v. Board of Education:
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Adams vs. Jefferson
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As If an Enemy's Country
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American Maelstrom
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The Last Indian War
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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
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James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights
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My Lai
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All Shook Up
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Freedom Riders
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The Bay of Pigs
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Unconditional
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Lincoln's Last Speech
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Into the Bright Sunshine
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Braddock's Defeat
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The Louisiana Purchase
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He Has the People
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Sailing East
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Roosevelt's Second Act
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The Birth of Modern Politics
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The Flight of the Century
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The GI Bill
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The Compleat Victory
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The Dogs of War
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The Scratch of a Pen
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Rainbow's End
"Enlightening... Silbey presents a lucid, fine-grained political history, complete with nuanced profiles of political leaders, that illuminates this watershed era of American history."--Publishers Weekly
"As a watershed episode in the collapse into ominous sectionalism, the politics of Texas's admission into the American Union have long demanded special attention. Fusing pacy narrative with shrewd analysis, this splendid book confirms Joel Silbey's reputation as one of the most discerning of American political historians."--Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford, author of Lincoln
"One of America's best political historians here demonstrates that Texas Annexation was one of the nation's prime turning points. Silbey's clear writing, impressive learning, and balanced judgments make this book a valuable addition to the excellent Pivotal Moments series."--William W. Freehling, author of The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854
"Few, if any, living historians know as much about nineteenth-century American politics and public policy as Joel Silbey. Here he lavishes that mastery on what is arguably the most pivotal turning point on the road to Civil War--the annexation of Texas and the sectional controversy that annexation ignited. This conjunction of masterful historian with an all-important subject yields a book of unquestionable significance to anyone interested in what caused the American Civil War."--Michael F. Holt, author of The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
"Thomas Jefferson may have heard a 'firebell in the night' when Missouri applied for statehood, but veteran political historian Silbey's cogent analysis suggests that Texas created an even greater crisis two decades later, one that fundamentally altered American party politics, spreading sectional passions more deeply and pervasively than ever before. His work clarifies and sharpens our understanding of how sectional forces played out in politics to bring about a civil war." --Phyllis F. Field, Associate Professor of History, Ohio University
"As a watershed episode in the collapse into ominous sectionalism, the politics of Texas's admission into the American Union have long demanded special attention. Fusing pacy narrative with shrewd analysis, this splendid book confirms Joel Silbey's reputation as one of the most discerning of American political historians."--Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History, University of Oxford, author of Lincoln
"One of America's best political historians here demonstrates that Texas Annexation was one of the nation's prime turning points. Silbey's clear writing, impressive learning, and balanced judgments make this book a valuable addition to the excellent Pivotal Moments series."--William W. Freehling, author of The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854
"Few, if any, living historians know as much about nineteenth-century American politics and public policy as Joel Silbey. Here he lavishes that mastery on what is arguably the most pivotal turning point on the road to Civil War--the annexation of Texas and the sectional controversy that annexation ignited. This conjunction of masterful historian with an all-important subject yields a book of unquestionable significance to anyone interested in what caused the American Civil War."--Michael F. Holt, author of The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War
"Thomas Jefferson may have heard a 'firebell in the night' when Missouri applied for statehood, but veteran political historian Silbey's cogent analysis suggests that Texas created an even greater crisis two decades later, one that fundamentally altered American party politics, spreading sectional passions more deeply and pervasively than ever before. His work clarifies and sharpens our understanding of how sectional forces played out in politics to bring about a civil war." --Phyllis F. Field, Associate Professor of History, Ohio University
Joel H. Silbey is President White Professor of History at Cornell University. One of the leading historians of American politics in the decades before the Civil War, he is the author of Respectable Minority: The Democratic Party in the Civil War Era, The Partisan Imperative: The Dynamics of American Politics Before the Civil War, and Martin Van Buren and the Emergence of American Popular Politics. He is the Harmsworth Professor at Oxford University for 2004-2005.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195315929 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195315928 |
| Title | Storm over Texas |
| Author | Silbey |
| Series | Pivotal Moments In American History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2007-01-04 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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