Kansas Nebraska Act/Bibliography


 * Morrison, Michael. Slavery and the American West: The Eclipse of Manifest Destiny and the Coming of the Civil War (1997) online edition
 * Nevins, Allan. Ordeal of the Union. vol 2 (1947), the most detailed history.
 * Johannsen. Robert W. Stephen A. Douglas (ISBN 0-19-501620-3), the standard biography
 * Nichols, Roy F. “The Kansas-Nebraska Act: A Century of Historiography.” Mississippi Valley Historical Review 43 (September 1956): 187-212. Online at JSTOR at most academic libraries.
 * Potter, David M. The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861 (1976), Pulitzer prize winning scholarly history.
 * SenGupta, Gunja. “Bleeding Kansas: A Review Essay.” Kansas History 24 (Winter 2001/2002): 318-341.
 * Holt, Michael. "The Political Crisis of the 1850s." (1978)