The paradox of progress : economic change, individual enterprise, and political culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 / Martin J. Hershock
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| Autore: |
Hershock Martin J. <1962->
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| Titolo: |
The paradox of progress : economic change, individual enterprise, and political culture in Michigan, 1837-1878 / Martin J. Hershock
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (342 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 977.4/02 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Michigan Politics and government 1837-1950 |
| Michigan Economic conditions | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-307) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The paradox of progress |
| ISBN: | 0-8214-4178-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910957960403321 |
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