The Resource Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America, Fergus M. Bordewich
Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America, Fergus M. Bordewich
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The item Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America, Fergus M. Bordewich represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- "The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War--a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. This [...] new perspective on the Civil War overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly led the Union to victory and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the war. Building a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress--Thaddeus Stevens, Pitt Fessenden, Ben Wade, and the pro-slavery Clement Vallandigham--Fergus Bordewich shows us how a newly empowered Republican party shaped one of the most dynamic and consequential periods in American history. From reinventing the nation's financial system to pushing President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves to the planning for Reconstruction, Congress undertook drastic measures to defeat the Confederacy, in the process laying the foundation for a strong central government that came fully into being in the twentieth century. Brimming with drama and outsized characters, Congress at War is also one of the most original books about the Civil War to appear in years and will change the way we understand the conflict." --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "A Borzoi Book."
- Isbn
- 9780451494443
- Label
- Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America
- Title
- Congress at War
- Title remainder
- how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America
- Statement of responsibility
- Fergus M. Bordewich
- Title variation
- How Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The story of how Congress helped win the Civil War--a new perspective that puts the House and Senate, rather than Lincoln, at the center of the conflict. This [...] new perspective on the Civil War overturns the popular conception that Abraham Lincoln single-handedly led the Union to victory and gives us a vivid account of the essential role Congress played in winning the war. Building a riveting narrative around four influential members of Congress--Thaddeus Stevens, Pitt Fessenden, Ben Wade, and the pro-slavery Clement Vallandigham--Fergus Bordewich shows us how a newly empowered Republican party shaped one of the most dynamic and consequential periods in American history. From reinventing the nation's financial system to pushing President Lincoln to emancipate the slaves to the planning for Reconstruction, Congress undertook drastic measures to defeat the Confederacy, in the process laying the foundation for a strong central government that came fully into being in the twentieth century. Brimming with drama and outsized characters, Congress at War is also one of the most original books about the Civil War to appear in years and will change the way we understand the conflict." --
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- Bordewich, Fergus M
- Dewey number
- 324.2734
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E459
- LC item number
- .B745 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- United States
- Social change
- United States
- United States
- Label
- Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America, Fergus M. Bordewich
- Note
- "A Borzoi Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780451494443
- Lccn
- 2019015354
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1104215727
- Label
- Congress at War : how Republican reformers fought the Civil War, defied Lincoln, ended slavery, and remade America, Fergus M. Bordewich
- Note
- "A Borzoi Book."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xx, 450 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780451494443
- Lccn
- 2019015354
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)on1104215727
Subject
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- History -- 19th century
- Social change -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- 1800-1899
- United States, Congress -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- History
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