Slavery, Law, and Politics: The Dred Scott Case in Historical Perspective / Edition 1

by Don E. Fehrenbacher

Overview

This is an abridgement of the Pulitzer-Prize winning The Dred Scott Case, making Fehrenbacher's monumental work available to a wider audience. Although it condenses the original by half, all the chapters and major themes of the larger work have been retained, providing a masterful review of the issues before America on the eve of the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195028836
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/30/1981
Series:	Galaxy Books
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.87(d)
Lexile:	1390L (what's this?)

Editorial Reviews

"This magisterial study is a triumph of scholarship....Must reading for anyone interested in American legal history or the Civil War."—Virginia Quarterly Review

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