Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 358 p)
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ill
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25 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0801438128
Content:
In a brilliantly conceived and elegantly written book, Rogan Kersh investigates the idea of national union in the United States. For much of the period between the colonial era and the late nineteenth century, he shows, "union" was the principal...
Content:
Cover -- Dreams of a More Perfect Union -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. The Rhetorical Genesis of American Political Union -- CHAPTER 2. A Theory of Political Union Emerges, 1780s-1820s -- CHAPTER 3. National Unity and Nation-Building, 1820s-1850s -- CHAPTER 4. Conceiving a More Moral Union, 1850s-1865 -- CHAPTER 5. The Terms of Reunion -- CHAPTER 6. The Ends of Union, 1877-1898 -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix -- References -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-349) and index
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The rhetorical genesis of American political union -- A theory of political union emerges, 1780s-1820s -- National unity and nation-building, 1820s-1850s -- Conceiving a more moral union, 1850s-1865 -- The terms of reunion -- The ends of union, 1877-1898.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780801438127
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dreams of a More Perfect Union
Language:
English
URL:
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