Rebellion and Realignment

Download or read book Rebellion and Realignment written by James M. Woods and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 1987-07-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arkansas, the Old South's last frontier, was forced, after the election of Lincoln, to face the issue of secession. Woods focuses upon the resulting social, economic, and geographic divisions that grew within the state before and during the secession crisis. He captures the political struggles of the state as it tore away from the nation, and as it threatened, in so doing, to tear itself apart.