Author:
Lang, Andrew F., 1982- author.
ImprintChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Description558 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Note:Prologue: The Young Men's Lyceum, 1838 -- Introduction: The Civil War era and the problem of American exceptionalism -- Part I. Conceived in liberty -- Union -- Causes -- Part II. Now we are engaged in a great Civil War -- Purposes -- Conduct -- Insurrection -- Endings -- Part III. Shall not perish from the earth -- Consequences -- Peace -- Epilogue: The paradox of civilization.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-538) and index.
Note:"In this sweeping history of political ideas, Andrew F. Lang reappraises the Civil War era as a crisis of American exceptionalism. Through this lens, Lang shows how the intellectual, political, and social ramifications of the war and its meaning rippled through the decades that followed, not only for the nation's own people but also in the ways the nation sought to redefine its place on the world stage."-- Provided by publisher.
