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A contest of civilizations : exposing the crisis of American exceptionalism in the Civil War era /

Most mid-19th-century Americans regarded the US as an democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil & aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from & even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unpr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lang, Andrew F., 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Colección:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue. The Young Men's Lyceum, 1838
  • Introduction. The Civil War Era and the Problem of American Exceptionalism
  • PART I. Conceived in Liberty
  • 1. Union
  • 2. Causes
  • PART II. Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War
  • 3. Purposes
  • 4. Conduct
  • 5. Insurrection
  • 6. Endings
  • PART III. Shall Not Perish from the Earth
  • 7. Consequences
  • 8. Peace
  • Epilogue. The Paradox of Civilization.