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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Adam I. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford, 2006.
Colección:OUP E-Books.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Concepts of party and nation before the Civil War
  • The patriotic imperative
  • The Emancipation Proclamation and the party system
  • The Union Leagues and the emergence of antiparty nationalism
  • The army, loyalty, and dissent
  • Slavery, reconstruction, and the Union Party
  • Emancipation and antiparty nationalism in the 1864 election campaign
  • Conclusion.