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Constitutionalism in the approach and aftermath of the Civil War /

This collection of essays shows how the constitutional aspects of the Civil War were part of American politics for a long time before and after the conflict by examining developments from the founding era to the Progressive era. The contributors, both political theorists and historians, consider con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Moreno, Paul D., 1965-, O'Neill, Johnathan G. (Johnathan George)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
Colección:The North's Civil War
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Martin van Buren as statesman : state rights and the rise of the "Free Soil" party / Christian Esh
  • Lincoln on Black citizenship / Joseph R. Fornieri
  • Lincoln, secession, and revolution : the Civil War challenge to the founding / Herman Belz
  • The trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of Treason Law / Jonathan W. White
  • At every fireside : constitutional politics in the era of reconstruction / Michael Les Benedict
  • "The legitimate object of government" : constitutional problems of Civil War-Era Republican policy / Paul D. Moreno
  • Woodrow Wilson and the meaning of the Lincoln legacy / Ronald J. Pestritto
  • The idea of constitutional conservatism in the early twentieth century / Johnathan O'Neill.