The North and the nation in the era of the Civil War / by Peter J. Parish ; edited by Adam I.P. Smith and Susan-Mary Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parish, Peter J.

Contributor:

Smith, Adam I. P.

Grant, Susan-Mary.

Series:

North's Civil War 1089-8719 ; no. 25.

The North's Civil War, 1089-8719 ; no. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics.

History.

Political culture.

Politics and government.

Social conditions.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

Social aspects.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.

Northeastern States--Social conditions--19th century.

Northeastern States.

Northeastern States--Politics and government--19th century.

National characteristics, American.

Nationalism--United States--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Political culture--United States--History--19th century.

Political culture--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Religion and politics--United States--History--19th century.

Religion and politics--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxii, 239 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2003.

Summary:

In this rich collection of essays, a leading historian argues that in order to fully understand the Civil War, we need to grasp the relationship between American national identity and the values of Northern society. Northerners shaped nationalism into an ideology to justify and sustain a war against the South. Parish explores this process, focusing on politics and religion as building blocks of national identity and as sinews that connected Northerners to the Union cause. The ten essays are organized into three parts, covering the Northern frame of mind; the foundations of American nationalism; and conflict by consent. The topics covered range widely, from confidence and anxiety in Victorian America to partisanship and the construction of nationalism and the Civil War as a just war. An introduction by Adam I. P. Smith places the essays, and Parish's work in general, in the context of recent scholarship, and there is a select bibliography of Peter Parish's writings.

Contents:

Part I The Northern Frame of Mind

Confidence and Anxiety in Victorian America 1

Daniel Webster, New England, and the West 23

Part II The Foundations of American Nationalism

The Distinctiveness of American Nationalism 57

Nationalism and the Constitution 71

The Importance of Federalism 92

Partisanship and the Construction of Nationalism 113

The North, the Nation, and the Southern Response 129

Part III Conflict by Consent

Conflict by Consent 149

The Just War 171

Abraham Lincoln and American Nationhood 200.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Select bibliography of the writings of Peter J. Parish": pages [227]-229.

ISBN:

0823222942

OCLC:

52477194