Politics and ideology in the age of the Civil War
By: Eric Foner.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
Subjects: Antislavery movements -- United States; Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
Description: Insisting that politics and ideology must remain at the forefront of any examination of nineteenth-century America, Foner reasserts the centrality of the Civil War to the people of that period. Taken together, the essays work towards reintegrating the social, political, and intellectual history of the nineteenth century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.