{"product_id":"9780061319297","title":"The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePotter, David M.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/15\/1977\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“David M. Potter’s magisterial \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis \u003c\/em\u003eis the single best account to date of the coming of the Civil War.” —\u003cem\u003eCivil War History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid M. Potter's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e is \"the classic study of of antebellum America\" (\u003cem\u003eAmerican Prospect\u003c\/em\u003e). Potter's sweeping epic masterfully charts the chaotic forces that climaxed with the outbreak of the Civil War: westward expansion, the divisive issue of slavery, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's uprising, the ascension of Abraham Lincoln, and the drama of Southern succession. Now available in a new edition, \u003cem\u003eThe Impending Crisis\u003c\/em\u003e remains \"modern scholarship's most comprehensive account of the coming of the Civil War\" (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Southern History\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46785826750719,"sku":"9780061319297","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780061319297_s600x595.jpg?v=1779894495","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780061319297","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}