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The Civil War Political Tradition : Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It
Title
The Civil War Political Tradition : Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It / Paul D. Escott.
ISBN
9780813949697
9780813949673
Publication
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©2023.
Physical Description
1 online resource (214 pages).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Offers biographical sketches of ten prominent Americans who confronted the central issues of the Civil War era-slavery, racism, and equality-evaluating their careers and shedding light on leadership, core American values, and problems plaguing US democracy. Those profiled include John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, Frederick Douglass, Horace Greeley, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Albion Tourgee"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Series
A nation divided: Studies in the Civil War era
Subjects
Genre/Form
History.
Biographies.
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Project Muse. distributor
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