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Constitutionalism in the approach and aftermath of the Civil War / edited by Paul D. Moreno and Johnathan O'Neill.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- North's Civil War (FUP)
- The North's Civil War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--United States.
- Constitutional history.
- United States--Politics and government--1865-1933.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays shows how the constitutional aspects of the Civil War were part of American politics for a long time before and after the conflict by examining developments from the founding era to the Progressive era. The contributors, both political theorists and historians, consider constitutional issues leading to the Civil War, the crucial role of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship, and how the constitutional aspects of the War and Reconstruction endured in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Contents:
- Martin van Buren as statesman : state rights and the rise of the "Free Soil" party / Christian Esh
- Lincoln on Black citizenship / Joseph R. Fornieri
- Lincoln, secession, and revolution : the Civil War challenge to the founding / Herman Belz
- The trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of Treason Law / Jonathan W. White
- At every fireside : constitutional politics in the era of reconstruction / Michael Les Benedict
- "The legitimate object of government" : constitutional problems of Civil War-Era Republican policy / Paul D. Moreno
- Woodrow Wilson and the meaning of the Lincoln legacy / Ronald J. Pestritto
- The idea of constitutional conservatism in the early twentieth century / Johnathan O'Neill.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-5301-5
- 0-8232-5199-3
- OCLC:
- 867739255
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