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Author:

Neely, Mark E.

Title:

Lincoln and the triumph of the nation : constitutional conflict in the American Civil War / Mark E. Neely.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

408 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Constitutional history--Confederate States of America.
Constitutional history--United States.
United States--Law and legislation.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Law and legislation.
Habeas corpus--United States--History.
Civil rights--Confederate States of America--History.
Lincoln, Abraham,--1809-1865--Views on the Constitution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-398) and index.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Series:

The Littlefield history of the Civil War era

ISBN:

0807835188 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807835180 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011022144

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)