The stormy present : conservatism and the problem of slavery in Northern politics, 1846-1865 /

"In this engaging and nuanced political history of Northern communities in the Civil War era, Adam I. P. Smith offers a new interpretation of the familiar story of the path to war and ultimate victory. Smith looks beyond the political divisions between abolitionist Republicans and Copperhead De...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Smith, Adam I. P. (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Licensed eBooks
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
Έκδοση: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Σειρά:Civil War America (Series)
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469633909_smith
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Barricades on Broadway : mobs and the problem of revolution in American politics
  • Order and the problem of law : fugitive slaves and the Constitution
  • Storm over Kansas : slavery expansion and the problem of violence
  • An engine for freedom : popular sovereignty and political convergence
  • Fear on the campaign trail : the election of 1860
  • The essence of anarchy : secession and the war against slaveholders
  • How conservative people conduct a long war.