House Divided, A: A Study of Statehood Politics and the Copperhead Movement in West Virginia

Curry Richard Orr

ISBN 10: 0822983893 / ISBN 13: 9780822983897

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1964

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pp. 218 7 Maps.

Seller Inventory # 6279777

Bibliographic Details

• Title: House Divided, A: A Study of Statehood Politics and the Copperhead Movement in West Virginia
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication Date: 1964
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822983893
• ISBN 13: 9780822983897
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In A House Divided, Richard Orr Curry investigates the political realities that led to the breakup of the Old Dominion and the emergence of a new state during the Civil War. Orr's analysis of the intra-state conflicts over political, economic, and social issues, party factions of Unionism and Secessionism and multiple layers of division within those factions, offer fascinating and original insights into the long debate that would lead to the ratification of the West Virginia state constitution in 1863.

About the Author

Richard Orr Curry was professor emeritus of history at the University of Pittsburgh, and the author or editor of several books including: The Abolitionists; Reformers or Fanatics?; The Shaping of America; and Freedom at Risk: Secrecy, Censorship, and Repression in the 1980s.