Lincoln and the democrats : the politics of opposition in the Civil War / Mark E. Neely, Jr.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neely, Mark E., Jr (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Series:Cambridge essential histories.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Political aspects.
Physical Description:ix, 211 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Beyond politics: how the north won the Civil War
  • The elections of 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the invention of the Democratic Party myth
  • The problem of a loyal opposition
  • The elusive constitutionalism of the Democratic Party
  • Lincoln, the Constitution, and the birth of human rights.