{"product_id":"scorpions-sting-antislavery-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war-9780393351217","title":"Scorpion's Sting: Antislavery and the Coming of the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe image of a scorpion surrounded by a ring of fire, stinging itself to death, was widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War. It captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with a cordon of freedom, constricting slavery and inducing the social crisis in which the peculiar institution would die. The image opens a fresh perspective on antislavery and the coming of the Civil War, brilliantly explored here by one of our greatest historians of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Oakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393351217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOakes, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Oakes\u003c\/strong\u003e is one of our foremost Civil War historians and a two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize for his works on the politics of abolition. He teaches at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"James Oakes \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48840871313565,"sku":"9780393351217","price":26.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_6bc446a3-363c-4276-94ed-5c145a90af1c.jpg?v=1787727368","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/scorpions-sting-antislavery-and-the-coming-of-the-civil-war-9780393351217","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}