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  • Liberty and Slavery

    Southern Politics to 1860

    by William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    Explores the South's paradoxical devotion to liberty and the practice of slaveryThe recipient of high praise—and considerable debate for its provocative thesis—William J. Cooper, Jr.'s sweeping survey of antebellum southern politics returns to print for classroom and general use with this new paperback volume. In Liberty and Slavery Cooper contends that southerners defined their notions of liberty ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Writing the Civil War

    The Quest to Understand

    Edited by James M. McPherson, William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    Studies diverse topics on the writing of Civil War historyNo event has transformed the United States more fundamentally—or been studied more exhaustively—than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a wide-ranging examination of the vast effort to chronicle the conflict—an undertaking that began with the remembrances of Civil War veterans and has become ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jefferson Davis, American

    by William J. Cooper ...
    Series series Vintage Civil War Library
    From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle.Jefferson Davis initially did not wish to leave the Union—as the son of a veteran of the American Revolution and as a soldier and senator, he considered himself a patriot. William J. Cooper shows us how Davis' initial reluctance turned into ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Lost Founding Father

    John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics

    by William J. Cooper ...
    “A vivid and convincing account of one of the most significant—but too often overlooked—figures in our history.”—Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American LionOvershadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long been dismissed as an aloof intellectual. Viciously assailed by Jackson and his populist mobs for being both slippery and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828–1856

    by William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    The politics of slavery consumed the political world of the antebellum South. Although local economic, ethnic, and religious issues tended to dominate northern antebellum politics, The South and the Politics of Slavery convincingly argues that national and slavery-related issues were the overriding concerns of southern politics during these years. Accordingly, southern voters saw their parties, ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

    by Jefferson Davis ...
    Jefferson Davis is one of the most complex and controversial figures in American political history (and the man whom Oscar Wilde wanted to meet more than anyone when he made his tour of the United States). Elected president of the Confederacy and later accused of participating in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, he is a source of ongoing dissension between northerners and southerners. This ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $11.99 USD

  • In the Cause of Liberty

    How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals

    Edited by William J. Cooper Jr., John M. McCardell Jr. ...
    In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas -- antebellum, wartime, and postbellum nations. Moreover, they recognize the critical role in this transformative era of three groups of Americans -- white northerners, white southerners, and African Americans in the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • We Have the War Upon Us

    The Onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861

    by William J. Cooper ...
    In this carefully researched book William J. Cooper gives us a fresh perspective on the period between Abraham Lincoln’s election in November 1860 and the firing on Fort Sumter in April 1861, during which all efforts to avoid or impede secession and prevent war failed. Here is the story of the men whose decisions and actions during the crisis of the Union resulted in the outbreak of the Civil War ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The American South

    A History, Volume 1, From Settlement to Reconstruction, Fifth Edition

    by William J. Cooper Jr., Thomas E. Terrill, Christopher Childers ...
    In The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr., Thomas E. Terrill, and Christopher Childers demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The autIn The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr., Thomas E. Terrill, and Christopher Childers demonstrate their belief that it is ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • The American South

    A History, Volume 2, From Reconstruction to the Present, Fifth Edition

    by Christopher Childers, Thomas E. Terrill, William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    In The American South: A History, Fifth Edition, William J. Cooper, Jr. and Thomas E. Terrill demonstrate their belief that it is impossible to divorce the history of the South from the history of the United States. The authors' analysis underscores the complex interaction between the South as a distinct region and the South as an inescapable part of America. Cooper and Terrill show how the ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era

    by William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    In his masterpiece, Jefferson Davis, American, William J. Cooper, Jr., crafted a sweeping, definitive biography and established himself as the foremost scholar on the intriguing Confederate president. Cooper narrows his focus considerably in Jefferson Davis and the Civil War Era, training his expert eye specifically on Davis's participation in and influence on events central to the American Civil ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Approaching Civil War and Southern History

    by William J. Cooper Jr. ...
    Initially published between 1970 and 2012, the essays in Approaching Civil War and Southern History span almost the entirety of William J. Cooper’s illustrious scholarly career and range widely across a broad spectrum of subjects in Civil War and southern history. Together, they illustrate the broad scope of Cooper’s work. While many essays deal with his well-known interests, such as Jefferson ... Read more

    Was $35.99 USD Now $18.99 USD