The Stakes of Power, 1845-1877
by: Nichols, Roy F.

Hardcover. NY, Hill and Wang, 1st, 1961, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust jacket with a faded spine, 246 pages. Examines the critical questions of race and slavery in 19th century American politics. A reshaping of Nichols' narrative drawing on recent scholarship and reinterpretations of the era. The Making of America Series. Name on front fly leaf, otherwise a clean copy.