Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession / Russell McClintock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McClintock, Russell.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Secession--Southern States--Public opinion.

Secession.

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

Nationalism.

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

Political culture.

Public opinion--Northeastern States--History--19th century.

Public opinion.

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

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1857-1861--Decision making.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

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

Northeastern States.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Political and social views.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over 50 years of how the North handled the secession crisis, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860; 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November; 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December; 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December; 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December–January; 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January–February; 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January–February, Revisited; 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March

9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March–April10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April–May; Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword?; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-370) and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908815-7-1

979-88-908815-8-8

1-4696-0379-9

0-8078-8632-7

OCLC:

476190259