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

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

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"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 Co...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neely, Mark E.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011.
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Views on the constitution.
Constitutional history > Confederate States of America.
Constitutional history > United States.
Habeas corpus > United States > History.
Civil rights > Confederate States of America > History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Law and legislation.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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