Free soil, free labor, free men : the ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War
Record details
- ISBN: 0195094972
- ISBN: 9780195094978
- ISBN: 0195090818
- ISBN: 0195013522
- ISBN: 9780195013528
- ISBN: 0195099818
- ISBN: 9780195099812
- ISBN: 0844668494
- ISBN: 9780844668499
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Physical Description:
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xliv, 353 pages ; 21 cm - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : 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 |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kirtland Community College.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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 | - |
Author Notes
Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men : The Ideology of the Republican Party Before the Civil War
Eric Foner is the preeminent historian of his generation. His books have won the top awards in the profession, and he has been president of both major history organizations, the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He is the author of Give Me Liberty!, which displays all of his trademark strengths as a scholar, teacher, and writer. A specialist on the Civil War/Reconstruction period, he regularly teaches the nineteenth-century survey at Columbia University, where he is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History. In 2011, Foner's The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize. His Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad is a 2015 New York Times bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography)