Liberty, Virtue, and Progress : : Northerners and Their War for the Union / / Earl J. Hess.

Concentrating on ideology and cultural values, Liberty, Virtue, and Progress explores the motivations that casued Northerners to fight America's Civil War. Arguing for the primary significance of ideals and cultural values in defining a war, the book examines the opinions of both the Northern s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2021]
©1997
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:The North's Civil War
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Physical Description:1 online resource (154 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction to the Second Edition
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Freedom and Self-Government
  • 2. The Nation's Crisis
  • 3. Coming to Terms
  • 4. Liberty and War
  • 5. White Dissent, Black Freedom
  • 6. Continuity and Change
  • Notes
  • Index