Civil War Congress and the creation of modern America a revolution on the home front
Most literature on the Civil War focuses on soldiers, battles, and politics. But for every soldier in the United States Army, there were nine civilians at home. The war affected those left on the home front in many ways. Westward expansion and land ownership increased. The draft disrupted families w...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, Ohio :
Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
2018.
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| Colección: | Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1801-1877.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009655434906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: The Congress, the Civil War, and the making of modern America / Paul Finkelman
- Conscription and the consolidation of federal power during the Civil War / Jennifer L. Weber
- To slip the surly bonds of states' rights and form a more perfect (financial) union : one legacy of the Thirty-Seventh Congress / Jenny Bourne
- Abraham Lincoln and "government girls" in wartime Washington / Daniel W. Stowell
- The Morrill Land-Grant College Act of 1862 : seedbed of the American system of public universities / Peter Wallenstein
- Military conflict on the Minnesota homefront : Lincoln's humanitarian concerns, political pressures, the Dakota pardons, and the future of U.S. military law / Paul Finkelman
- Behind the scenes: Abraham Lincoln's life in the White House / Jean H. Baker
- A national icon comes of age / Guy Gugliotta.
