Lincoln and the triumph of the nation : constitutional conflict in the American Civil War /

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"The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Co...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Neely, Mark E., Jr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Colección:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Temas:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on the Constitution.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865
1861 - 1865
Constitutional history > Confederate States of America.
Constitutional history > United States.
Habeas corpus > United States > History.
Civil rights > Confederate States of America > History.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États confédérés d'Amérique.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
Habeas corpus > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Constitutions.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
Civil rights
Constitutional history
Habeas corpus
Legislation
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation
  • Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency
  • The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution
  • Soldiers in the courtroom
  • The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war
  • Secession : deratifying the constitution
  • The police state of Richmond
  • State rights in the confederacy.

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