Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession /
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 book, the first major study in over 50 years of how the North handled the secession crisis, McClintock follows the decision-making proces...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Language notes: | English. |
| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008. |
| Series: | Civil War America (Series)
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
| Summary: | 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 book, the first major study in over 50 years of how the North handled the secession crisis, 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. 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 newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.<br> <br> |
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| Item Description: | Print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 388 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-370) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807886328 0807886327 9780807831885 0807831883 9781469603797 1469603799 |