Abraham Lincoln, Constitutionalism, and Equal Rights in the Civil War Era

by Herman Belz

Book Overview

When the American people went to war in 1861, the task and the duty of maintaining the foundation principles of the republican experiment were in jeopardy. The question of if, and how, these principles should be preserved was of pressing importance. The outcome of the war could require the republican government to be transformed in order to strengthen the union or, conversely, if the war created the revolutionary situation that at times seemed pending,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823217698
• ISBN13: 9780823217694
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"