John Ashworth

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Research Summary

My research has been, and will continue to be, focussed primarily on the following topics: slavery in the United States; the origins of the American Civil War; Jacksonian America; Political Parties;… read more

Selected Publications

• ASHWORTH, JOHN, 2011. Towards a Bourgeois Revolution? Explaining the American Civil War Historical Materialism. 11(4), 193-205
• ASHWORTH, JOHN, 2013. James Buchanan and the Secession Crisis. In: JOEL. H. SILBEY, ed., A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837-1861 Wiley-Blackwell. (In Press.)

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Current Research

My research has been, and will continue to be, focussed primarily on the following topics: slavery in the United States; the origins of the American Civil War; Jacksonian America; Political Parties; Racism in U.S. History I am currently completing the second of a two volume study.Slavery, Capitalism and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Towards a Bourgeos Revolution 1850-1861, Volume 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Recent publications include:

• William W. Freehling and the Politics of the Old South. Nineteenth Century American History, 5(1 (Spring)), 1-29.
• The Republican Triumph, 1854-1861. In: FORD, L, ed. A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Oxford: Blackwell.
• Class in American History: Issues and a Case Study. In: STOKES, M, ed. The State of U.S. History. Washington: Berg Publishers.
• The Sectionalization of American Politics, 1845-1860. In: BARNEY, W.L, ed. A Companion to 19th-Century America. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
• Capitalism and the Civil War. In: GRANT, S-M, ed. The American Civil War: Explorations and Reconsiderations. Harlow: Longman.
• Free Labor, Wage Labor, and Slave Power: Republicanism and the Republican Party in the 1850s. In: CONWAY, S., STOKES, M, eds. The Market Revolution in America: Social, Political and Religious Expressions, 1800-1880. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, pp. 128-146
• Slavery, Capitalism and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Commerce and Compromise 1820-1850, Volume 1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Past Research

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Future Research

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• ASHWORTH, JOHN, 2013. James Buchanan and the Secession Crisis. In: JOEL. H. SILBEY, ed., A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents, 1837-1861 Wiley-Blackwell. (In Press.)
• ASHWORTH, JOHN, 2012. The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1851 Cambridge University Press. (In Press.)
• ASHWORTH, JOHN, 2011. Towards a Bourgeois Revolution? Explaining the American Civil War Historical Materialism. 11(4), 193-205
• ASHWORTH, J., 2007. Slavery, capitalism and politics in the Antebellum Republic: volume 2: the coming of the Civil War Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• ASHWORTH, J., 2004. The Republican Triumph. In: FORD, L.K., ed., A Companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction Oxford: Blackwell. 167-182
• ASHWORTH, J., 2004. William W. Freehling and the Politics of the Old South American Nineteenth Century History. 5(1), 1-29
• ASHWORTH, J., 2002. Class in American history: issues and a case study. In: STOKES, M, ed., The state of U.S. History Oxford: Berg. 367-386
• ASHWORTH, J., 2001. The Sectionalization of American Politics, 1845-1860. In: BARNEY, W.L, ed., A Companion to 19th-Century America Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 33-46
• PARKER-JENKINS, M. and ASHWORTH, J., 2000. Capitalism and the Civil War. In: GRANT, S-M, ed., The American Civil War: Explorations and Reconsiderations Harlow: Longman.
• ASHWORTH, J., 1996. Free Labor, Wage Labor, and Slave Power: Republicanism and the Republican Party in the 1850s. In: CONWAY, S. and STOKES, M, eds., The Market Revolution in America: Social, Political and Religious Expressions, 1800-1880 Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 128-146
• ASHWORTH, J., 1995. Slavery, Capitalism and Politics in the Antebellum Republic: Commerce and Compromise 1820-1850, Volume 1 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.