The Politics of Dissolution
Quest for a National Identity and the American Civil War
1st Edition
Published on 5. February 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-1-138-51669-4 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of late antebellum U.S. Senate speeches exemplifies the official statements of the public men from the South, North, and West as they struggled with the questions of national identity and the right of self-government within the context of the rule of law.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-51669-4 (9781138516694)
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04/2018
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01/1997
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Person
Marshall DeRosa
Content
1: Party Platforms for the Election of 1860; 2: This Modern Revolution; 3: Constitutional Compromise; 4: Preserve the Union; 5: War Will Follow; 6: The Reign of Sectionalism; 7: Slavery Agitation As Partisan Warfare; 8: Pulling Down the Political Temple; 9: The Instincts of Empire; 10: The Enlargement of Empire; 11: Senate Resignations; 12: The Right of Secession; 13: The Momentous Issue of Civil War