No party now [[electronic resource] ] : politics in the Civil War North / / Adam I.P. Smith

• Autore: Smith Adam I. P
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto topico: Political parties - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-257) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; 1 Concepts of Party and Nation before the Civil War; 2 The Patriotic Imperative; 3 The Emancipation Proclamation and the Party System; 4 The Union Leagues and the Emergence of Antiparty Nationalism; 5 The Army, Loyalty, and Dissent; 6 Slavery, Reconstruction, and the Union Party; 7 Emancipation and Antiparty Nationalism in the 1864 Election Campaign; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: During the Civil War, Northerners fought each other in elections with almost as much zeal as they fought Southern rebels on the battlefield. Yet politicians and voters alike claimed that partisanship was dangerous in a time of national crisis. In No Party Now, Adam I. P. Smith challenges the prevailing view that political processes in the North somehow helped the Union be more stable and effective in the war. Instead, Smith argues, early efforts to suspend party politics collapsed in the face of divisions over slavery and the purpose of the war. At the same time, new contexts for political mo
• Titolo autorizzato: No party now
• ISBN: 0-19-029334-9; 0-19-534596-7; 1-280-84592-9; 1-4294-5924-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792257303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II