David M Potter Author

David M. Potter was Coe Professor of American History at Stanford University. He authored several books, including People of Plenty: Economic Abundance and the National Character and The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861.

Daniel W. Crofts is professor of history at Trenton State College. He is the author of Old Southampton: Politics and Society in a Virginia County, 1834-1869 and Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis.