Calculating the value of the Union : slavery, property rights, and the economic origins of the Civil War / James L. Huston.
| Author/creator | Huston, James L., 1947- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003. |
| Description | xvii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557 |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-385) and index. |
| LCCN | 2003008363 |
| ISBN | 0807828041 (cloth : alk. paper) |