Lincoln and the triumph of the nation (Record no. 142316)
| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 03634nam a2200445 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 342.7302/9 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Neely, Mark E. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Lincoln and the triumph of the nation |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chapel Hill : |
| Name of publisher | University of North Carolina Press, |
| Year of publication | c2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 408 p. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | The Littlefield history of the Civil War era |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Secession and anarchy : Lincoln's view of the constitution and the nation -- Habeas corpus, the nation, and the presidency -- The Emancipation Proclamation : the triumph of nationalism over racism and the constitution -- Soldiers in the courtroom -- The nation in the courts : the least dangerous branch fights the civil war -- Secession : deratifying the constitution -- The police state of Richmond -- State rights in the confederacy. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented--and, to this day, still unmatched--strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival. Previous scholars have examined wartime challenges to civil liberties and questions of presidential power, but Neely argues that the constitutional conflict extended to the largest questions of national existence. Drawing on judicial opinions, presidential state papers, and political pamphlets spiced with the everyday immediacy of the partisan press, Neely reveals how judges, lawyers, editors, politicians, and government officials, both North and South, used their constitutions to fight the war and save, or create, their nation. Lincoln and the triumph of the nation illuminates how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test but emerged stronger after the war. That this happened at a time when the nation's very existence was threatened, Neely argues, speaks ultimately to the wisdom of the Union leadership, notably President Lincoln and his vision of the American nation"--Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Constitutional history |
| Topical Term | Constitutional history |
| Topical Term | Habeas corpus |
| Topical Term | Civil rights |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10521885 |
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