Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian /

One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive "dictator of Congress," o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Trefousse, Hans L. (Hans Louis), 1921-2010
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
Colección:Civil War America (Series)
Temas:
Stevens, Thaddeus, > 1792-1868.
Stevens, Thaddeus, > 1792-1868
Stevens, Thaddeus.
United States. > Congress. > House > Biography.
United States. > Congress. > House
1849-1877
Legislators > United States > Biography.
Parlementaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
Legislators
Biografie
United States > History > 1849-1877.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1849-1877.
United States
History
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New England youth
  • Rising Pennsylvania lawyer
  • Budding politician
  • Legislative leader
  • Anti-Mason in trouble
  • Reluctant coalitionist
  • Antislavery Whig
  • Emerging Republican
  • Unionist advocate
  • War leader
  • Republican firebrand
  • Radical of radicals
  • Lincoln's critic and eulogist
  • Radical reconstructionist
  • Fugleman of the Joint Committee
  • Leader of the thirty-ninth congress
  • Thwarted congressional manager
  • Archfoe of the president
  • Defeated radical
  • Epilogue.

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