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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Tác giả chính: Smith, Adam I. P. (Tác giả)
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Loạt:Civil War America (Series)
Truy cập trực tuyến:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9781469633909_smith
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