Constitutionalism in the Approach and Aftermath of the Civil War / ed. by Paul D. Moreno, Johnathan O'Neill.
Belz, Herman, contributor.; Benedict, Michael Les, contributor.; Esh, Christian, contributor.; Fornieri, Joseph R., contributor.; Moreno, Paul D., contributor.; Moreno, Paul D., editor.; Morrison, Jeffry H., contributor.; O'Neill, Johnathan, editor.; O'Neill, Johnathan, contributor.; Pestritto, Ronald J., contributor.; White, Jonathan W., contributor.
2022
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Title Constitutionalism in the Approach and Aftermath of the Civil War / ed. by Paul D. Moreno, Johnathan O'Neill.
ISBN 9780823291250
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823291250
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2022]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (288 p.) : 9 Illustrations, black and white
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823291250 doi
Summary The irreducibly constitutional nature of the Civil War's prelude and legacy is the focus of this absorbing collection of nine essays by a diversity of political theorists and historians. The contributors examine key constitutional developments leading up to the war, the crucial role of Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship, and how the constitutional aspects of the war and Reconstruction endured in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This thoughtful, informative volume covers a wide range of topics: from George Washington's conception of the Union and his fears for its future to Martin Van Buren's state-centered, anti-secessionist federalism; from Lincoln's approach to citizenship for African Americans to Woodrow Wilson's attempt to appropriate Lincoln for the goals of Progressivism. Each essay zeroes in on the constitutional causes or consequences of the war and emphasizes how constitutional principles shape political activity. Accordingly, important figures, disputes, and judicial decisions are placed within the broader context of the constitutional system to explain how ideas and institutions, independently and in dialogue with the courts, have oriented political action and shaped events over time.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023)
Added Author Belz, Herman, contributor.
Benedict, Michael Les, contributor.
Esh, Christian, contributor.
Fornieri, Joseph R., contributor.
Moreno, Paul D., contributor.
Moreno, Paul D., editor.
Morrison, Jeffry H., contributor.
O'Neill, Johnathan, editor.
O'Neill, Johnathan, contributor.
Pestritto, Ronald J., contributor.
White, Jonathan W., contributor.
Series The North's Civil War
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823251940
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Frontmatter
Contents
Introduction
Prologue: A Second American Revolution? George Washington and the Origins of the Civil War
Part I Constitutionalism Endangered: The Road to Civil War
1 Martin Van Buren as Statesman: State Rights and the Rise of the "Free Soil" Party
2 Lincoln on Black Citizenship
3 Lincoln, Secession, and Revolution: Th e Civil War Challenge to the Founding
Part II Legal Change and Constitutional Politics in Reconstruction and the Gilded Age
4 The Trial of Jefferson Davis and the Americanization of Treason Law
5 At Every Fireside: Constitutional Politics in the Era of Reconstruction
6 "The Legitimate Object of Government": Constitutional Problems of Civil War-Era Republican Policy
Part III Contesting the Legacy of Lincoln and the Civil War in the Progressive Era
Woodrow Wilson and the Meaning of the Lincoln Legacy
8 The Idea of Constitutional Conservatism in the Early Twentieth Century
Notes
List of Contributors
Index

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