The Civil War political tradition : ten portraits of those who formed it /

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"Offers biographical sketches of ten prominent Americans who confronted the central issues of the Civil War era-slavery, racism, and equality-evaluating their careers and shedding light on leadership, core American values, and problems plaguing US democracy. Those profiled include John C. Calho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Escott, Paul D., 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Series:Nation divided.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Political leadership > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
Political culture.
Political leadership.
Politics and government.
United States > Politics and government > 1849-1877.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Henry Clay: Old Virtues in New Times
  • John C. Calhoun: Inveterate Ideologue
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Power of Her Pen
  • Frederick Douglass: The Outsider as Resolute Prophet
  • Stephen A. Douglas: Overtaken by Polarization
  • Jefferson Davis: A Defiant Tradition and Tradition Defied
  • Abraham Lincoln: Riding the Storm to Historic Progress
  • Horace Greeley: American Enthusiast
  • Albion Tourgée: Civil War as a Sustained Clash of Cultures
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Profound Radical
  • A Brief Guide to Further Reading
  • Index
  • Recent books in the series

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