Indivisible: Daniel Webster and the birth of American nationalism

"In Indivisible, historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells how Daniel Webster, a young New Hampshire attorney turned politician, rose to national prominence through his powerful oratory and popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation's identity. In...

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1. Verfasser: Paul, Joel Richard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Riverhead Books 2022
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Zusammenfassung:"In Indivisible, historian and law professor Joel Richard Paul tells how Daniel Webster, a young New Hampshire attorney turned politician, rose to national prominence through his powerful oratory and popularized the ideals of American nationalism that helped forge our nation's identity. In his speeches, Webster argued that the Constitution was not a compact made by states but an expression of the will of all Americans. As these ideas took root, they influenced future leaders, among them Abraham Lincoln, who drew on them to hold the nation together during the Civil War"--
Beschreibung:xx, 504 Seiten 25 cm
ISBN:9780593189047

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