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Huston, James L., 1947-

Title Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston.

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 2nd Floor Stacks	973.71 H969c 2003	---	Available

Description	xvii, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series	Civil War America
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-385) and index.
Contents	Slavery, property rights, and the American Revolution -- The origins of slaveholder aggressiveness -- Free labor and the competition of slaves -- The antislavery debate over property rights -- The constitutionality of slavery prohibition in the territories -- The politics of Southern upheaval, 1846-1853 -- The Northern realignment, 1854-1860.
Subject	Slavery -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History.
	Right of property -- United States -- History.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
ISBN	0807828041 (cloth : alk. paper)