Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

At the Edge of the Precipice

by: Remini, Robert Vincent

At the Edge of the Precipice

by: Remini, Robert Vincent

ISBN 13:
9780465012886
ISBN 10:
0465012884
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 05/11/2010
Publisher: Basic Books

Rent From $15.44

Used From $19.30

List Price $24.00 Save

Rent $15.44

TERM	PRICE	DUE
SEMESTER	$15.44	Aug 02
QUARTER	$14.67	Jul 19
SHORT TERM	$13.90	Jun 21

Added Benefits of Renting

Free Shipping Both Ways
Highlight/Take Notes Like You Own It
Purchase/Extend Before Due Date

Add to Cart

List Price $24.00 Save $4.70

Used $19.30

Usually Ships in 24-48 Hours

We Buy This Book Back!

Included with your book

Free Shipping On Every Order

Add to Cart

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Extend or Purchase Your Rental at Any Time

Need to keep your rental past your due date? At any time before your due date you can extend or purchase your rental through your account.

Summary

Remini offers a fascinating account of the Compromise of 1850, a titanic act of political will brokered by Henry Clay. Although the Compromise would eventually collapse, Clay's victory in 1850 ultimately saved the Union by giving the North an extra decade to industrialize and prepare.

Preface	p. xi
Compromise in the Nation's Early History	p. 1
The Crisis and the Return of the Great Pacificator	p. 37
A Possible Solution	p. 63
The Great Triumvirate Weights In	p. 91
Disaster	p. 111
Douglas to the Rescue	p. 143
Epilogue Aftermath	p. 157
Notes	p. 161
Index	p. 173
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

At the Edge of the Precipice

At the Edge of the Precipice

9780465012886

0465012884

Summary

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials

Write a Review