Lincoln and the democrats the politics of opposition in the Civil War
Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Series: | Cambridge essential histories
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious 'white supremacy' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim that the Civil War put the country on the road to 'human rights', and also uncovers a previously unnoticed tendency toward deceptive and impractical grandstanding on the Constitution during war in the United States |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 211 pages digital |
| ISBN: | 9781139567213 |