The Plundering Generation: Corruption and the Crisis of the Union, 1849-1861

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Journal Article The Plundering Generation: Corruption and the Crisis of the Union, 1849–1861. By Mark W. Summers. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. xv + 362 pp. $29.95.) Get access Robert W. Johannsen Robert W. Johannsen University of Illinois, Urbana Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 75, Issue 3, December 1988, Pages 948–949, https://doi.org/10.2307/1901624 Published: 01 December 1988