The Civil War Political Tradition: Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It

Author:   Paul D. Escott
Publisher:   University of Virginia Press
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9780813949673


Pages:   214
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Paul D. Escott
Publisher:   University of Virginia Press
Imprint:   University of Virginia Press
Weight:   0.222kg
ISBN:  

9780813949673


ISBN 10:   081394967
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Henry Clay: Old Virtues in New Times 2. John C. Calhoun: Inveterate Ideologue 3. Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Power of Her Pen 4. Frederick Douglass: The Outsider as Resolute Prophet 5. Stephen A. Douglas: Overtaken by Polarization 6. Jefferson Davis: A Defiant Tradition and Tradition Defied 7. Abraham Lincoln: Riding the Storm to Historic Progress 8. Horace Greeley: American Enthusiast 9. Albion Tourgée: Civil War as a Sustained Clash of Cultures 10. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Profound Radical A Brief Guide to Further Reading

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Inspired by the classic Richard Hofstadter study, The Civil War Political Tradition offers cogent analysis and the clear, concise pen of a practiced master of the American historical profession. Especially appropriate for undergraduate students who might be approaching serious study of these pivotal political figures for the first time. --Barton A. Myers, Washington and Lee University, author of Rebels Against the Confederacy: North Carolina's Unionists These essays, written by a prolific and distinguished historian, deliver an astute analysis of ten leaders during the Civil War era. Escott's timely assessments of both famous and lesser known men and women will inspire readers to marvel at the seemingly inexhaustible potential for revisiting important topics and personalities associated with America's great conflict. --Joan Waugh, UCLA, author of U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth


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Paul D. Escott is Reynolds Professor of History Emeritus at Wake Forest University and author of Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives, winner of the Mayflower Cup, and Black Suffrage: Lincoln's Last Goal (Virginia).

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