In Liberty and Union, David Herbert Donald persuasively examines one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
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Liberty and Union
A sweeping narrative of America's Civil War era, Liberty and Union shows how the war helped to bring about revolutionary changes in American life, changes that were sustained--and limited--by most Americans' abiding commitment to the nation ...
This, the concise edition of Liberty and Union, is an abridged constitutional history of the United States, designed for short single-semester courses, comprising the key topics from Volumes 1 and 2.
This is a book about history of the American people during a period when their country was distracted by sectional strife, devastated by a civil war, and finally reunited only...
For students in an undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading.
For students in an undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading.
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Words to a Civil War song about the need for the Union to press on.
A sweeping narrative of America's Civil War era, Liberty and Union shows how the war helped to bring about revolutionary changes in American life, changes that were sustained--and limited--by most Americans' abiding commitment to the nation ...
Liberty and Union
Liberty and Union: To 1877
For students in an undergraduate or postgraduate constitutional history course, or anyone with a general interest in constitutional developments, this book will be essential reading.
Liberty and Union
Liberty and Union: To 1877
Thirty-two chapters examine the major periods in United States history.