Houses Divided
Author | : Lucas P. Volkman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2018 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190248321 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190248327 |
Rating | : 4/5 (327 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Houses Divided by : Lucas P. Volkman
Download or read book Houses Divided written by Lucas P. Volkman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the slaveholding border state of Missouri, Houses Divided shows that congregational and local denominational schisms, which arose initially over the moral question of African-American bondage, played a central role in sectionalism, Civil War, and Reconstruction.