Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts During the First Century of the Republic by Edward Payson Powell - 2002-11-01

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2017. ISBN-13: 9781584771326; ISBN-10: 1584771321. Powell, Edward Payson. Nullification and Secession in the United States: A History of the Six Attempts during the First Century of the Republic. Originally published: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897. xi, 461 pp. Reprinted 2002, 2017 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584771326; ISBN-10: 1584771321. Hardcover. $39.95 * A study of secession and nullification movements in the United States from the nullification resolutions of 1798 to the American Civil War. Powell proposes that the secession of the southern states in 1861 was not a unique event in American history, but the culmination of a tradition as old as the nation. Indeed, he argues, it was an expression of the "intense individualism which was the most potent factor in the creation of the republic" (Preface). Sensitive to the continued animosity between the North and South, Powell hoped that the historical context provided by his study would help to promote a spirit of reconciliation.… Read More

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