The Earnest Men : : Republicans of the Civil War Senate / / Allan G. Bogue.

Taking a quantitative approach, Allan G. Bogue assesses the nature of radical and conservative Republicanism in the Civil War Senate, documents the distinctions among the senators, and clarifies the factors that encouraged or discouraged factionalism. The Earnest Men is divided into two parts: "...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2009
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (372 p.) :; 37 tables, 6 charts, 2 halftones, 2 line drawings
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. MEN, CONTEXT, AND PATTERNS
  • 1. The Senators
  • 2. Committees, Rules, and Leaders
  • 3. Radicals and Moderates
  • 4. Connections
  • Part II THE SUBSTANCE OF DISAGREEMENT
  • 5. Slaves, Soldiers, and Taxes
  • 6. Emancipation and "Human" Rights
  • 7. Punishment and Rehabilitation
  • 8. Courts, Border States, and Self-Control
  • 9. Designs and Perspectives
  • 10. Afterword
  • APPENDIX A. Roll-Call Analysis Procedures
  • APPENDIX B. The Screening Procedure for the Selection of "Divisive" Votes
  • APPENDIX C. Roll Calls Used Initially in Scaling Analysis
  • APPENDIX D Divisive Roll Calls Radical- Moderate Division
  • Index