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The political thought of the Civil War /

(Number (ISBN

0700626697

(Number (ISBN

9780700626694

Erroneous ISBN

9780700626700

Title Proper

The political thought of the Civil War /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Alan Levine, Thomas W. Merrill, and James R. Stoner, Jr.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Lawrence, Kansas :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 421 pages :

Other Physical Details

1 illustration ;

Dimensions

25 cm.

Series Title

American political thought

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

"The Civil War continues to speak so powerfully to us because it was a constitutional moment in which the meaning and soundness of the regime was put in doubt. In The Political Thought of the Civil War, leading scholars of American political thought take a "deliberative" approach to the war, meaning they engage with the words and deeds of the most thoughtful political actors of the time with respect to questions about the regime, specifically regarding the place of slavery, the tension between morality and constitutionalism, and the potential of the principles of the American regime to build a multiracial, multicultural society. By starting with the actors, and the difficult choices they made in response to specific problems, the contributors to this volume are able to explore the theoretical principles at play in the controversy within their historical context. The essays are divided into three sections that examine, respectively, the practical dilemma to which the war was the response, the difficult decisions Americans made in the face of a collapsing regime, and the consequences of those choices"--

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Politics and government.

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

War-- Causes.

United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Causes.

United States, Politics and government, 1857-1861.

United States, Politics and government, 1861-1865.

United States, Politics and government, 1865-1869.

Politique et gouvernement, États-Unis, 1857-1861.

Politique et gouvernement, États-Unis, 1861-1865.

United States.

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Levine, Alan,1961-

Merrill, Thomas W., (Thomas Westneat),1974-

Stoner, James R.

Date of Transaction

20200822123357.0

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