Tag: civil war economic history

  • Review: Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War

    Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War by Marc Egnal Product Details Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: Hill and Wang (January 6, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 080909536X ISBN-13: 978-0809095360 The Emancipation Tradition maintains that slavery is the cause of the Civil War.  The North found slavery so morally unacceptable that they were willing […]