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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...
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
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| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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.