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by Walter L. Buenger
language: english
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS, November of 2013 ‧
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This history of secession in the Lone Star State offers both a vivid narrative and a powerful case study of the broader secession movement.

In 1845, Texans voted overwhelmingly to join the Union. Then, in 1861, they voted just as overwhelmingly to secede. The story of why and how that happened is filled with colorful characters, raiding Comanches, German opponents of slavery, and a border with Mexico. It also has important implications for our understanding of secession across the South.

Combining social and political history, Walter L. Buenger explores issues such as public hysteria, the pressure for consensus, and the vanishing of a political process in which rational debate about secession could take place. Drawing on manuscript collections and contemporary newspapers, Buenger also analyzes election returns, population shifts, and the breakdown of populations within Texas counties.

Buenger demonstrates that Texans were not simply ardent secessionists or committed unionists. At the end of 1860, the majority fell between these two extremes, creating an atmosphere of ambivalence toward secession which was not erased even by the war.

Secession And The Union In Texas

by Walter L. Buenger

Property Description
ISBN: 9780292733510
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESS
Release Date: November of 2013
Language: English
Format: eBook
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EAN: 9780292733510
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WALTER L. BUENGER

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