Bleeding Kansas

<p>Between 1854 and 1861 the struggle between pro-and anti-slavery factions over Kansas Territory captivated Americans nationwide and contributed directly to the Civil War. Combining political social and military history <i>Bleeding Kansas</i> contextualizes and analyzes prewar and wartime clashes in Kansas and Missouri and traces how these conflicts have been remembered ever since. Michael E. Woods’s compelling narrative of the Kansas-Missouri border struggle embraces the diverse perspectives of white northerners and southerners women Native Americans and African Americans. This wide-ranging and engaging text is ideal for undergraduate courses on the Civil War era westward expansion Kansas and/or Missouri history nineteenth-century US history and other related subjects. Supported by primary source documents and a robust companion website this text allows readers to engage with and draw their own conclusions about this contentious era in American History.</p>