Description
Book SynopsisHe addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem.
Trade ReviewThis will be a valuable addition to Civil War collections. Booklist 2010 An extraordinary and valuable study of what these events of history reveal not only about America of the past, but also America of today, The Caning of Charles Sumner is highly recommended especially for college library collections and American Civil War shelves. Midwest Book Review The short length, subject, and writing style of The Caning of Charles Sumner will make this text a staple in survey and upper-level American history classes alike. -- Mary Ellen Pethel Teaching History: A Journal of Methods 2011
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. One Minute
2. A Machine That Would Go of Itself?
3. Immediate Aftermath
4. A Long, Winding Road
5. Honor, Idealism, and Inevitability
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
