{"product_id":"the-impending-crisis-america-before-the-civil-war-18481861-isbn-9780061319297","title":"The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“David M. Potter’s magisterial \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis \u003c\/em\u003eis the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War.” —\u003cem\u003eCivil War History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the classic study of of antebellum America\" (\u003cem\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/em\u003e). 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e remains \"modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War\" (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eDavid M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e remains one of the most celebrated works of American historical writing.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The classic study of antebellum America” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Profound and original. \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is history in the grand tradition.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Foner, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The magnum opus of a great American historian.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Delbanco, Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Modern scholarship’s most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLacy K. Ford, Journal of Southern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“David M. Potter’s magisterial \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCivil War History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888027431141,"sku":"NP9780061319297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061319297.jpg?v=1730227980","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-impending-crisis-america-before-the-civil-war-18481861-isbn-9780061319297","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}