LEADER 04021nam 2200805 a 450 001 9910822481503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-908815-8-8 010 $a1-4696-0379-9 010 $a0-8078-8632-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000487678 035 $a(EBL)361351 035 $a(OCoLC)476190259 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192557 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166409 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192557 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215636 035 $a(PQKB)10348236 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777526 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12267252 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777526 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10774192 035 $a(PQKB)11641033 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245463 035 $a(OCoLC)233572740 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23471 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL361351 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273460 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC361351 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000487678 100 $a20070717d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLincoln and the decision for war $ethe northern response to secession /$fRussell McClintock 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-7154-0 311 $a0-8078-3188-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [341]-370) and index. 327 $aContents; Preface; Introduction; 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860; 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November; 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December; 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December; 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December?January; 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January?February; 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January?February, Revisited; 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March 327 $a9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March?April10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April?May; Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword?; Notes; Bibliography; Index; 330 $aWhen Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over 50 years of how the North handled the secession crisis, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aSecession$zSouthern States$xPublic opinion 606 $aNationalism$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPolitical culture$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPublic opinion$zNortheastern States$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865$xDecision making 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1857-1861$xDecision making 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 607 $aNortheastern States$xPolitics and government$y19th century 615 0$aSecession$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aNationalism$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory 615 0$aPublic opinion$xHistory 676 $a973.7 700 $aMcClintock$b Russell$01675280 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822481503321 996 $aLincoln and the decision for war$94040620 997 $aUNINA