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No party now : politics in the Civil War North /
During the Civil War, Northerners fought each other in elections with almost as much zeal as they fought Southern rebels on the battlefield. Yet politicians and voters alike claimed that partisanship was dangerous in a time of national crisis. In No Party Now, Adam I.P. Smith challenges the prevaili...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford,
2006.
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| Colección: | OUP E-Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the Civil War, Northerners fought each other in elections with almost as much zeal as they fought Southern rebels on the battlefield. Yet politicians and voters alike claimed that partisanship was dangerous in a time of national crisis. In No Party Now, Adam I.P. Smith challenges the prevailing view that political processes in the North somehow helped the Union be more stable and effective in the war. Instead, Smith argues, early efforts to suspend party politics collapsed in the face of divisions over slavery and the purpose of the war. At the same time, new contexts for political mob. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 266 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-257) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429459242 1429459247 9780195345964 0195345967 1280845929 9781280845925 9786610845927 6610845921 0190293349 9780190293345 |