Table of Contents: The fragile fabric of Union :

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Schoen, Brian.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Series:	Studies in early American economy and society from the Library Company of Philadelphia
Subjects and Genres:	Cotton trade > Southern States > History > 19th century. Cotton trade > United States > History > 19th century. Cotton trade > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century. Secession > United States > History. Southern States > Economic conditions > 19th century. Southern States > Foreign economic relations > Europe. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction
Prologue, 1787
The threads of a global loom : cotton, slavery, and union in an interdependent Atlantic, 1789-1820
Calculating the cost of union : nationalism and sectionalism in a Republican era, 1796-1818
Protecting slavery and free trade : the political economy of cotton, 1818-1833
Building bridges to the West and the world : empowerment and anxiety in the Second Party System, 1834-1848
An unnatural union : King Cotton and the lower South secession, 1849-1860
Epilogue, 1861.