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Titre(s) : Congress and the people's contest [Texte imprimé] : the conduct of the Civil War / edited by Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon
Publication : Athens (Ohio) : Ohio University Press, copyright 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VI-249 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Collection : Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Lien à la collection : Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
The American Civil War was the first ever to be fought with railroads moving troops
and the telegraph connecting civilian leadership to commanders in the field. New developments
arose at a moment's notice. As a result, the young nation's political structure and
culture often struggled to keep up. When war began, Congress was not even in session.
By the time it met, the government had mobilized over 100,000 soldiers, battles had
been fought, casualties had been taken, some civilians had violently opposed the war
effort, and emancipation was underway. This set the stage for Congress to play catch-up
for much of the conflict. The result was an ongoing race to pass new laws and set
policies. Throughout it all, Congress had to answer to a fractured and demanding public.
In Congress and the People's Contest, Paul Finkelman and Donald R. Kennon have assembled
some of the nation's finest scholars of American history and law to tease apart the
fraught interactions between Congress and the American people as they navigated a
cataclysmic and unprecedented war. Displaying a variety and range of focus that will
make the book a classroom must, the essays here show how these interactions took place-sometimes
successfully, and sometimes less so
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Kennon, Donald R. (1948-....). Éditeur scientifique
Finkelman, Paul (1949-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Politique et gouvernement -- États-Unis -- 1861-1865
Etats-Unis. Congress -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
973.7 (23e éd.) = Histoire - États-Unis - 1861-1865
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780821423059 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47144791g
Notice n° :
FRBNF47144791
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Freedom and democracy in "the people's contest": a complicated role for Congress in
a complicated war / / Paul Finkelman ; ; A martyr, a speaker, and impending crisis:
a prologue to the election of 1860 / / Jonathan Earle ; ; "Shatter this accursed
union": the fire-eaters in Congress in 1860 / / Eric Walther ; ; "These Zouaves will
never support us": cowardice, Congress and the First Battle of Bull Run / / Lesley
J. Gordon ; ; The summer of '62: Congress, slavery, and a revolution in Federal law
/ / Paul Finkelman ; ; The radicals' war: how the Joint Committee on the Conduct
of the War tried to shape the course of the Civil War / / Fergus M. Bordewich ; ;
We are coming, Father Abraham, but how will you pay for us? / / Jenny Bourne ; ;
Why we fight: German American revolutionists confront slavery and secession / / Mischa
Honeck ; ; Make mine an abolition war: George Luther Stearns, Frederick Douglass,
and the Black soldier / / L. Diane Barnes ; ; Military emancipation before the Emancipation
Proclamation: overcoming structural obstacles / / Chandra Manning ; ; Negotiating
Black manhood citizenship through Civil War volunteerism and patriotism: Cincinnati's
Black Brigade / / Nikki M. Taylor.
