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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Neely, Mark E. (1944-....)
Titre(s) : Lincoln and the triumph of the nation [Texte imprimé] : constitutional conflict in the American Civil War / Mark E. Neely
Publication : Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, c2011
Description matérielle : 408 p. ; 25 cm
Collection : The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
Lien à la collection : The Littlefield history of the Civil War era
Comprend : Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation ; Habeas
corpus, the nation, and the presidency ; The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph
of nationalism over racism and the constitution ; Soldiers in the courtroom ; The
nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war ; Secession
: deratifying the constitution ; The police state of Richmond ; State rights in
the confederacy.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day,
still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning
historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution
and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents
shaped the struggle for national survival. Previous scholars have examined wartime
challenges to civil liberties and questions of presidential power, but Neely argues
that the constitutional conflict extended to the largest questions of national existence.
Drawing on judicial opinions, presidential state papers, and political pamphlets spiced
with the everyday immediacy of the partisan press, Neely reveals how judges, lawyers,
editors, politicians, and government officials, both North and South, used their constitutions
to fight the war and save, or create, their nation. Lincoln and the triumph of the
nation illuminates how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test but
emerged stronger after the war. That this happened at a time when the nation's very
existence was threatened, Neely argues, speaks ultimately to the wisdom of the Union
leadership, notably President Lincoln and his vision of the American nation"--Provided
by publisher ; "The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and,
to this day, still unmatched--strain. Neely examines for the first time in one book
the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution,
and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival"--Provided by
publisher
Sujet(s) : Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Histoire constitutionnelle -- États-Unis
Histoire constitutionnelle -- États confédérés d'Amérique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780807835180 (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0807835188 (cloth) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb426577609
Notice n° :
FRBNF42657760
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
