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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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Acceso en liña: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469633909_smith |
Table of Contents:
- 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.