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Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession (Civil War America)
Russell McClintock
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Paperback. Lincoln and the Decision for War: The Northern Response to Secession Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 400 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking and highly praised book, 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 Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan ... Read more
When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking and highly praised book, 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 Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Civil War America
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807871546
SKU
V9780807871546
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About Russell McClintock
Russell McClintock earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from Clark University and now teaches at St. John's High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
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