Lincoln and the Democrats
The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century
| Author: | Professor Mark E. Neely, Jr | ISBN: | 9781108240390 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | January 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Professor Mark E. Neely, Jr |
| ISBN: | 9781108240390 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | January 30, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious 'white supremacy' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim that the Civil War put the country on the road to 'human rights', and also uncovers a previously unnoticed tendency toward deceptive and impractical grandstanding on the Constitution during war in the United States.
Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious 'white supremacy' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim that the Civil War put the country on the road to 'human rights', and also uncovers a previously unnoticed tendency toward deceptive and impractical grandstanding on the Constitution during war in the United States.
