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UNINA9910465591103321 |
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Autore |
Fehrenbacher Don E |
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Slaveholding Republic [[electronic resource] ] : An Account of the United States Government's Relations to Slavery |
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New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2001 |
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0-19-028912-0 |
1-280-65539-9 |
0-19-803247-1 |
1-60256-719-0 |
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1 online resource (481 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 18th century |
African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century |
Constitutional history -- United States |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
Slavery -- Government policy -- United States -- History |
Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 |
Slavery - Political aspects - History - 18th century - United States |
Slavery - Government policy - History - 19th century - United States |
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - Legal status, laws, etc |
Constitutional history - Legal status, laws, etc - History |
African Americans |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 SLAVERY AND THE FOUNDING OF THE REPUBLIC; 3 SLAVERY IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL; 4 SLAVERY IN AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS; 5 THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, 1789 TO 1842; 6 THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE, 1842 TO 1862; 7 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE PROBLEM TO 1850; 8 THE FUGITIVE SLAVE PROBLEM, 1850 TO 1864; 9 SLAVERY IN THE FEDERAL TERRITORIES; 10 |
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THE REPUBLICAN REVOLUTION; 11 CONCLUSION; NOTES; INDEX; |
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Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document. But in The Slaveholding Republic, one of America's most eminent historians refutes this claim in a landmark history that stretches from the Continental Congress to the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Fehrenbacher shows that the Constitution itself was more or less neutral on the issue of slavery and that, in the antebellum period, the idea that the Constitution protected slavery was hotly debated (many Northerners would concede only that slavery was protected by state law, not by federal la |
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UNINA990008990870403321 |
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Journal of microencapsulation |
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London, : Taylor & Francis |
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UNINA9910956626503321 |
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Autore |
Stivers Camilla |
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Governance in dark times : practical philosophy for public service / / Camilla Stivers |
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Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2008 |
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9781589013346 |
1589013344 |
9781435648746 |
1435648749 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 p.) |
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Public administration |
Public administration - Philosophy |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Rethinking reason after September 11 -- Public administration and the question of torture -- Thinking, judging, and public life -- Two models of governance -- Security in dark times -- The social reality of public space -- Governance from the ground up -- Philosophy for practice -- Pragmatism in public service -- Public service ethics in dark times. |
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With the rush of calamitous events in recent years-the September 11 terror attacks, the Iraq imbroglio, and hurricanes Katrina and Rita-Americans feel themselves to be living in dark times. Trust in one another and in the government is at low ebb. People in public service face profound challenges to the meaning and efficacy of their work. Where can a public servant turn for a public philosophy to sustain practice?Inspired by Hannah Arendt and several other philosophers, Governance in Dark Times is the first book to explore the philosophical and value underpinnings needed to guide public servan |
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