02381nam 22005414a 450 991095796040332120251116165711.00-8214-4178-7(CKB)1000000000245473(OCoLC)71348513(CaPaEBR)ebrary10124775(SSID)ssj0000282646(PQKBManifestationID)11273201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282646(PQKBWorkID)10317913(PQKB)10033777(MiAaPQ)EBC3026881(Au-PeEL)EBL3026881(CaPaEBR)ebr10124775(BIP)35538424(BIP)8663061(EXLCZ)99100000000024547320030522d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe paradox of progress economic change, individual enterprise, and political culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 / Martin J. Hershock1st ed.Athens, Ohio Ohio University Press20031 online resource (342 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8214-1513-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index.Intro -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 "We Were then, as it were, Still in Our Knickerbockers" -- 2 "Because the People are, by the Grace of God, Free and Independent" -- 3 "This Age is Big With Importance" -- 4 "Politics . . . have Undergone a Thorough Change" -- 5 "Misfortunes Make Strange Bedfellows" -- 6 "We Know no Party Until the Contest Is Over" -- 7 "I am Sick and Pained that our Republicans so Act" -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.The 19th-century Republican party played a central role in preserving the Union, ending slavery and opening the way for industrial capitalism, but this study argues that the story was far less simple and examines the contradiction that lay at the heart of Republican ideology.MichiganPolitics and government1837-1950MichiganEconomic conditions977.4/02Hershock Martin J.1962-1864221MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910957960403321The paradox of progress4479058UNINA