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Item Details
Title:
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CONSTITUTIONALISM IN THE APPROACH AND AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL WAR
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By: |
Paul D. Moreno (Editor), Johnathan O'Neill (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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£35.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0823251942 |
ISBN 13: |
9780823251940 |
Publisher: |
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 August, 2013 |
Series: |
The North's Civil War |
Pages: |
288 |
Description: |
Nine essays which examine constitutional issues at different points in American political history to explain how the constitutional issues resulting in the Civil War were central to politics for a long time before and after the actual conflict. Treats the period from the 1780s through the 1920s. |
Synopsis: |
The irreducibly constitutional nature of the Civil War's prelude and legacy is the focus of this absorbing collection of nine essays by a diversity of political theorists and historians. The contributors examine key constitutional developments leading up to the war, the crucial role of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship, and how the constitutional aspects of the war and Reconstruction endured in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This thoughtful, informative volume covers a wide range of topics: from George Washington's conception of the Union and his fears for its future to Martin Van Buren's state-centered, anti-secessionist federalism; from Lincoln's approach to citizenship for African Americans to Woodrow Wilson's attempt to appropriate Lincoln for the goals of Progressivism. Each essay zeroes in on the constitutional causes or consequences of the war and emphasizes how constitutional principles shape political activity. Accordingly, important figures, disputes, and judicial decisions are placed within the broader context of the constitutional system to explain how ideas and institutions, independently and in dialogue with the courts, have oriented political action and shaped events over time. |
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9 Illustrations, black and white |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
Fordham University Press |
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Returnable |
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