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" Lincoln and the Democrats : "
Mark E. Neely, Jr.
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BL
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838864
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Neely, Mark E.
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| Title & Author
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Lincoln and the Democrats : : the politics of opposition in the Civil War /\ Mark E. Neely, Jr.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ;New York, NY, USA :: Cambridge University Press,, 2017.
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, ©2017
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Cambridge essential histories
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ix, 211 pages :: illustrations, portraits ;; 23 cm.
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1107036267
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: 1107637635
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: 9781107036260
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: 9781107637634
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Beyond politics: how the north won the Civil War -- The elections of 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the invention of the Democratic Party myth -- Peace, "white supremacy," and the problem of a loyal opposition -- The elusive constitutionalism of the Democratic Party -- Lincoln, the Constitution, and the birth of human rights.
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"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."--Publisher's description.
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Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
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Politics and government.
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United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Political aspects.
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United States, Politics and government, 1861-1865.
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United States.
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973.7092
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E456.N44 2017
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