Free soil, free labor, free men : the ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War / Eric Foner.
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men has been recognized as a classic, an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the causes of the American Civil War. A key work in establishing political ideology as a major concern of modern Americanhistorians, it remains the only full-scale evaluation of the ideas of the early Republican party. modern American historical writing.
Record details
- ISBN: 0195094972
- ISBN: 9780195094978
- ISBN: 0195013522
- ISBN: 9780195013528
- ISBN: 0195099818
- ISBN: 9780195099812
- ISBN: 0844668494
- ISBN: 9780844668499
- Physical Description: xliv, 353 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Free labor: the Republicans and northern society -- The Republican critique of the South -- Salmon P. Chase: the Constitution and the slave power -- The radicals: anti-slavery politics and the moral imperative -- The Democratic Republicans -- Conservatives and moderates -- The Republicans and nativism -- The Republicans and race -- Slavery and the Republican ideology. |
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Subject: | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) United States > Politics and government > 1849-1861. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | E 436 .F6 1995 | 30775305531056 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary:
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men has been recognized as a classic, an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the causes of the American Civil War. A key work in establishing political ideology as a major concern of modern Americanhistorians, it remains the only full-scale evaluation of the ideas of the early Republican party. modern American historical writing.