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The Boundaries of American Political Culture in the Civil War Era
Did preoccupations with family and work crowd out interest in politics in the nineteenth century, as some have argued? Arguing that social historians have gone too far in concluding that Americans were not deeply engaged in public life and that political historians have gone too far in asserting that politics informed all of Americans' lives, Mark Neely seeks to gauge the importance of politics for ordinary people in the Civil War era.Looking beyond the usual markers of political activity, Neely sifts through the political bric-a-brac of the era--lithographs and engravings of political heroes, campaign buttons, songsters filled with political lyrics, photo albums, newspapers, and political cartoons. In each of four chapters, he examines a different sphere--the home, the workplace, the gentlemen's Union League Club, and the minstrel stage--where political engagement was expressed in material culture. Neely acknowledges that there were boundaries to political life, however. But as his investigation shows, political expression permeated the public and private realms of Civil War America.
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Preserving the white man's republic : Jacksonian democracy, race, and the transformation of American conservatism
As Lynn's book shows, this movement sent conservatism on a new, populist trajectory, one in which democracy can be called upon to legitimize inequality and hierarchy, a uniquely American conservatism that endures in our republic today.
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A companion to the antebellum presidents, 1837-1861
A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861.
* Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures
* Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the Antebellum Presidents
* Brings together original contributions from a team of eminent historians and experts on the American presidency
* Reveals insights into presidential leadership in the quarter century leading up to the American Civil War
* Offers fresh perspectives into the largely forgotten men who served during one of the most decisive quarter centuries of United States history
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The republic in crisis, 1848-1861
\"The Republic in Crisis, 1848-1861 meticulously analyzes the political climate in the years leading up to the Civil War and the causes of that conflict\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Abraham Lincoln as a Man of Ideas
Abraham Lincoln was a man of many parts – politician, lawyer, president – but he was also one of the greatest proponents of democracy. This book uncovers and examines the major ideas that were the sources of Lincoln’s democracy, showing a man of surprising intellectual depth, a man of ideas that still offer challenges to readers today.
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Āpirahām Liṅkan̲ : aṭimaikaḷin̲ cūriyan̲
On the life history of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, sixteenth president of the United States of America.
Storm over Texas : the annexation controversy and the road to Civil War
As Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the struggle over the admission of Texas into the Union marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear. Silbey, one of America's most renowned political historians, offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, which included an exceptional cast of characters, from John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, to James K. Polk and Martin Van Buren. We see how a series of unexpected moves, some planned, some inadvertent, sparked a crisis that intensified and crystallized the North-South divide.
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