The Earnest Men

by 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: "Men, Context, and Patterns" and "The Substance of Disagreement." In Part One, Bogue investigates the backgrounds of the senators and the institutional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801413575
• ISBN13: 9780801413575
• Release Date: November 1981
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher