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America in 1857 : a nation on the brink

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Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Date of Publication: 1990.

Call Number: 973.68 S783

Responsibility: Kenneth M. Stampp.

ISBN: 0195039025 (alk. paper); 9780195039023 (alk. paper); 0195074815 (pbk); 9780195074819 (pbk)

Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 1990.

Physical Description: ix, 388 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.

Contents: A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.

Summary: It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.

Subjects: Political science.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; USA; United States.; United States - History, 1845-1861

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 S783

Palatines, liberty, and property : German Lutherans in colonial British America

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Author: Roeber, A. G.,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Call Number: 323.113 R711

Responsibility: A.G. Roeber, with a new preface.

ISBN: 0801844592 (acidfree paper); 9780801844591 (acid-free paper)

Author: Roeber, A. G.,

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Date of Publication: c1998.

Physical Description: xiii, 432 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Series: Early America

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-422) and index.

Subjects: Palatine Americans; Political culture - United States; Right of property; Liberty of conscience; Lutheran Church

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 323.113 R711

Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War

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Author: Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 973.7 H925

Responsibility: Jeffrey Rogers Hummel.

ISBN: 0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780812693119 (cloth : alk. paper); 0812693124 (paper : alk. paper); 9780812693126 (paper : alk. paper)

Author: Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Open Court,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Prologue: America's Crisis -- 1. Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- 2. The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- 3. The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- 4. Emergence of the Republican Party -- 5. The Confederate States of America -- 6. Mobilizing for Conflict -- 7. The Military Struggle -- 8. The War to Abolish Slavery? -- 9. Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- 10. Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- 11. The Ravages of Total War -- 12. The Politics of Reconstruction -- 13. American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point.

Summary: This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.

Subjects: States' rights (American politics); Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); Slavernij.; Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.; Reconstruction (1865-1877); United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7 H925

"His master's voice" in America : ninety years of communications pioneering and progress : Victor Talking Machine Company, Radio Corporation of America, General Electric Company

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Author: Barnum, Frederick O.

Date of Publication: 1991.

Call Number: 384.5 B263

Responsibility: [author, editor, research director and project manager, Frederick O. Barnum, III].

Author: Barnum, Frederick O.

Place of Publication: Camden, N.J

Publisher: General Electric Co.,

Date of Publication: 1991.

Physical Description: vi, 385, [3] p., 1 leaf of plates : col. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Notes: "First printing, September 1991"--Verso of t.p.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [386]-[388]).

Subjects: Victor Talking Machine Company - History.; Radio Corporation of America - History.; General Electric Company - History.; RCA Corporation - History.; Electronic industries - United States; Mass media - United States; Communication and traffic - United States

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 384.5 B263

History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5 : prepared in compliance with acts of the legislature

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Author: Bates, Samuel P.

Date of Publication: 1993-

Call Number: 974.8033 B329

Responsibility: by Samuel P. Bates.

ISBN: 1568372264 (set); 1568372272 (v.1); 1568372280 (v.2); 1568372299 (v.3)

Author: Bates, Samuel P.

Place of Publication: Wilmington, N.C

Publisher: Broadfoot Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1993-

Physical Description: v 1-10; v.1-4 (index) : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Harrisburg : B. Singerly, State Printer, 1869-1871.

Subjects: Pennsylvania. - Militia - History.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; Pennsylvania - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Campaigns.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8033 B329

Daily life in Civil War America

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Author: Volo, Dorothy Denneen,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Call Number: 973.71 V929

Responsibility: Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.

ISBN: 0313305161 (alk. paper)

Author: Volo, Dorothy Denneen,

Place of Publication: Westport, Conn

Publisher: Greenwood Press,

Date of Publication: 1998.

Physical Description: xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series,

Notes: Click on Table of Contents for more information.; Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.

Contents: Politics -- Religion -- Slavery -- Abolition -- Conscription -- Railroads -- Roads -- Women at war -- Interior decoration -- Leisure time -- Newspapers -- Women writers -- Photography -- Food and cooking -- Fashion and women's clothing -- Men's, children's and slaves' clothing.; History, politics, and slavery -- Soldiers' lives -- Civilians' lives.

Subjects: United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Social aspects.; United States - Social life and customs - 1783-1865.

Additional Author: Volo, James M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.71 V929

Roll of honor : names of soldiers who died in defense of the American Union, interred in the national cemeteries

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Date of Publication: 1994-

Call Number: 973.76 R749

Responsibility: U.S. Quartermaster's Department.

ISBN: 0806314125 (no. 16); 0806314133 (no. 7-10); 0806314141 (no. 11-13); 0806314176 (no. 14-15); 0806314184 (no. 16-17); 0806314192 (no. 18-19); 0806314206 (no. 20-21); 0806314214 (no. 22-23); 0806314222 (no. 24-25); 0806314494 (no. 26-28); 0806314117 (set)

Place of Publication: Baltimore, Md

Publisher: Genealogical Pub. Co.,

Date of Publication: 1994-

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Notes: Vol. 1 includes: Alphabetical index to places of interment of deceased Union soldiers in the various states and territories, as specified in Rolls of honor nos. I-XIII.; Nos. 26-27: "Reprinted with statement of the disposition of some of the bodies of deceased Union soldiers and prisoners of war whose remains have been removed to national cemeteries in the Southern and Western states."

Contents: Nos. I-VI -- nos. VII-X -- nos. XI-XII --

Subjects: Soldiers - United States; Registers of births, etc. - United States.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Registers of dead.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Quartermaster's Dept.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.76 R749

Amish enterprise : from plows to profits

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Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Call Number: 305.687 K91a

Responsibility: Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt.

ISBN: 0801850622; 9780801850622; 0801850630; 9780801850639

Author: Kraybill, Donald B.

Place of Publication: Baltimore

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,

Physical Description: xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes: Autographed by the author.; Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-292) and index.

Subjects: Economics; Amish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County; Amish.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Church history - 20th century.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - Economic conditions.; Economics - Related to - Religion; Mennonites; Pennsylvania

Additional Author: Nolt, Steven M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 305.687 K91a

No balm in Gilead : Lancaster's African-American population and the Civil War Era

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Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Date of Publication: 1993.

appeared in the Daily Evening Express which stated: TO MEN OF COLOR ! A Mass Meeting of the able-bodied men of color will be held on Wednesday at 8 o'clock, Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, to promote recruiting for United States Colored Troops For the War Frederick Douglas and other distinguished speakers

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Responsibility: by Leroy T. Hopkins, Jr. Ph.D.

Author: Hopkins, Leroy.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1993.

Physical Description: [20]-40 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v.95, no.1

Subjects: Confederate States of America. - Army - History.; United States. - Army - History; African Americans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster; Lancaster (Pa.) - Race relations.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 95, number 1 (1993), p. 20-40Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.95

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The Cold War at home : the Red Scare in Pennsylvania, 1945-1960

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Author: Jenkins, Philip,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Call Number: 974.8043 J52

Responsibility: Philip Jenkins.

ISBN: 080784781X (pbk. : alk. paper)

Author: Jenkins, Philip,

Place of Publication: Chapel Hill

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication: c1999.

Physical Description: xiv, 271 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-259) and index.

Subjects: Anti-communist movements - Pennsylvania; Communism - Pennsylvania; Internal security - Pennsylvania; Anti-communist movements - United States - Case studies.; Communism - United States - Case studies.; Internal security - United States - Case studies.; Cold War - Case studies.; Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1865-1950.; United States - Politics and government - 1933-1953 - Case studies.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.8043 J52

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