TY  - GEN
T1  - "There Is a North" : Fugitive Slaves, Political Crisis, and Cultural Transformation in the Coming of the Civil War
T2  - Book collections on Project MUSE.
A1  - Brooke, John L.
LA  - English
PP  - Amherst
PB  - University of Massachusetts Press
YR  - 2019
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1393142913
AB  - "How does political change take hold? In the 1850s, politicians and abolitionists despaired, complaining that the 'North, the poor timid, mercenary, driveling North' offered no forceful opposition to the power of the slaveholding South. And yet, as John L. Brooke proves, the North did change. Inspired by brave fugitives who escaped slavery and the cultural craze that was Uncle Tom's Cabin, the North rose up to battle slavery, ultimately waging the bloody Civil War. While Lincoln's alleged quip about the little woman who started the big war has been oft-repeated, scholars have not fully explained the dynamics between politics and culture in the decades leading up to 1861. Rather than simply viewing the events of the 1850s through the lens of party politics, 'There Is a North' is the first book to explore how cultural action -- including minstrelsy, theater, and popular literature -- transformed public opinion and political structures. Taking the North's rallying cry as his title, Brooke shows how the course of history was forever changed"--
OP  - 442
CN  - E449
SN  - 9781613766903
SN  - 1613766904
SN  - 9781613766910
SN  - 9781625344472
SN  - 9781625344465
KW  - Stowe, Harriet Beecher, : 1811-1896. : Uncle Tom's cabin : Influence.
KW  - Uncle Tom's cabin (Stowe, Harriet Beecher)
KW  - Popular culture : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Politics and culture : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Antislavery movements : United States : Public opinion.
KW  - Antislavery movements : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - United States : History : Civil War, 1861-1865 : Causes.
KW  - United States : Politics and government : 1849-1861.
KW  - Culture populaire : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Politique et culture : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - Mouvements antiesclavagistes : États-Unis : Opinion publique.
KW  - Mouvements antiesclavagistes : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle.
KW  - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 1849-1861.
KW  - War : Causes
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Politics and culture
KW  - Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
KW  - Antislavery movements
KW  - United States
KW  - History
ER  -