Liberty and union: the Civil War era and American constitutionalism

This book is about the relationship between the Civil War generation and the founding generation,Timothy S. Huebner states at the outset of this ambitious and elegant overview of the Civil War era. The book integrates political, military, and social developments into an epic narrative interwoven wit...

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Main Author: Huebner, Timothy S. 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence, Kansas University Press of Kansas [2016]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:This book is about the relationship between the Civil War generation and the founding generation,Timothy S. Huebner states at the outset of this ambitious and elegant overview of the Civil War era. The book integrates political, military, and social developments into an epic narrative interwoven with the thread of constitutionalism...to show how all Americans engaged the nation's heritage of liberty and constitutional government. Whether political leaders or plain folk, northerners or southerners, Republicans or Democrats, black or white, most free Americans in the mid-nineteenth century believed in the foundational values articulated in the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the Constitution of 1787...and this belief consistently animated the nation's political debates. Liberty and Union shows, however, that different interpretations of these founding documents ultimately drove a deep wedge between North and South, leading to the conflict that tested all constitutional faiths.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xiii, 530 Seiten Illustrationen, Karte, Porträts
ISBN:9780700622696

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