Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men: A History of the American Civil War

Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1996. NOT a library discard. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Mild corner bump to the cover, but no pages are affected. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Clean and unmarked. First Edition with "First printing" so stated on the copyright page. Index. Bound in the original brown cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. "In this insightful treatment of the Civil War (addressing the causes, the war itself and Reconstruction), Hummel's text argues against the thesis that armed confrontation was inevitable. With its insightful analysis (not to mention the extensive bibliographical essays that elaborate each chapter), EMANCIPATING SLAVES, ENSLAVING FREE MEN will supply both the academic and Civil War buff with an added perspective on the causes and consequences of the Civil War." -- Publishers Weekly. "Hummel presents some uncomfortable truths for both sides of the Civil War. For the South, Hummel builds a case that the war was indeed about slavery. For the North, he shows that a war to preserve the union was morally bankrupt and that freeing the slaves was the only justifiable reason for fighting. Yet Hummel demonstrates that even a war for such a noble cause was probably unnecessary, since slavery was politically doomed in an independent South. Hummel also illustrates some of the cost of the war, such as Lincoln g suppression of political opposition, the closing of dissenting newspapers, and the creation of big government under Republicans Lincoln, Johnson, and Grant". -- Library Journal.. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiii, 421pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.