TY - BOOK AU - Levine,Bruce C. TI - Half slave and half free: the roots of civil war SN - 9780809053537 AV - 002 E 459 L665h 2005 U1 - 973.7/11 PY - 2005/// c1992 CY - New York PB - Hill and Wang KW - Working class KW - United States KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Slavery KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Causes KW - 1783-1865 N1 - "Areas of Freedom and Slavery in 1854" (cover); Includes bibliographical references (p.[257]-312 ) and index; Freedom, slavery, and the legacy of the American Revolution--- Our laborers are our property: The southerm slave economy--- Each person works for himself: The ideal and reality of free labor--- A complete revolution in social life: Cultural change in the antebellum north--- The anointed lords of creation: Culture and society in the antebellum south--- Called by the same name: The many meanings of liberty--- To fight against the serpent: Antislavery and its early progress--- A firebell in the night: The struggle escalates-- Keep it within limits: Western lands and free soil---Anti Nebraska feeling is too deep: Origins and triumph of republicanism--- The inexorable logic of events: Secession, war, and emancipation UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004060884-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0618/2004060884-d.html ER -