A contest of civilizations : exposing the crisis of American exceptionalism in the Civil War era /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 558 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469660073 1469660075 |