No Party Now - Politics in the Civil War North

Zusatztext Copperheads [is a] scholarly book - though uniformly well written, [it] is analytically fine-grained, rooted in archival evidence, and driven by argument rather than characters. Still, given the current political climate, [it] might interest a broad audience. Klappentext Fiercely fought elections co-existed with a desire for patriotic unity in the Civil War North, creating a tension that was exploited by the dominant Republican party. This book explores the implications of this kind of politics for popular political participation, the construction of nationalism, and ultimately for Union victory. Zusammenfassung Fiercely fought elections co-existed with a desire for patriotic unity in the Civil War North! creating a tension that was exploited by the dominant Republican party. This book explores the implications of this kind of politics for popular political participation! the construction of nationalism! and ultimately for Union victory.

Product details

• Authors: Smith, Adam I. P. Smith, Adam I. P. (Lecturer in American History Smith, Smith Adam I. P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.07.2006
• EAN: 9780195188653
• ISBN: 978-0-19-518865-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Politics & government, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)