Ordeal of the Union, Vol 1 by Allan Nevins

This weakness, as well as the proposal to allow Kansas to self-determine whether it would be free or slave, shattered the short-lived peace from the Compromise of 1850. It discusses how a relatively weak President Pierce essentially did the bidding of the slave states. Ordeal of the Union, Vol 2: A House Dividing, 1852-57. The second volume in Allan Nevins’ series on the Civil War covers the timeframe of 1852-1857. It is the first volume in Ordeal of the Union, Nevins' massive history of the United States from the close of the Mexican War in 1847 through the close of the Civil War eighteen years later.

Ordeal of the Union, Vol 1: Fruits of Manifest Destiny 1847-52 P ublished in 1947, this is an excellent example of the type of narrative history that was so popular years ago, even among professional historians who have now largely abandoned sweeping works like this to focus on much narrower topics. See images for the condition of this book.īlurb: 2 Volume set includes Volume 1 and 2: A narrative historian in an age of growing reliance on social science concepts and theories, Nevins remained committed to telling a story and to using history to teach moral lessons.Condition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear.

Nevins not only influenced thoughtful, general readers through his articles, editorials, and reviews, but also made a lasting impression on the writing of American history and nurtured a whole generation of young scholars as DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. This book traces his beginnings as a journalist in the early 1900s with the New York Evening Post and the New York World through his years as a contributor to the New York Times Magazine. Kennedy's acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, composed the monumental eight-volume history of the American Civil War, Ordeal of the Union, and associated with, among others, Adlai Stevenson, Walter Lippmann, Arthur Schlesinger Sr., Charles Scribner, Abraham Flexner, and John D. In a career that spanned nearly three-quarters of the twentieth century, Nevins won two Pulitzer Prizes, helped draft John F. Immersed in Great Affairs is the first book-length biography of noted historian and journalist Allan Nevins.

Ordeal of the Union, Vol 1 by Allan Nevins