Lincoln and the triumph of the nation constitutional conflict in the American Civil War /

"The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confede...

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Hovedforfatter: Neely, Mark E.
Institution som forfatter: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Serier:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Online adgang:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation
  • Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency
  • The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution
  • Soldiers in the courtroom
  • The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war
  • Secession : deratifying the constitution
  • The police state of Richmond
  • State rights in the confederacy.