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  title info:
    title: Holding the political center in Illinois
    sub title: conservatism and union on the brink of the Civil War
  name:
    name part: Iverson, Ian T.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ohu
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 273 pages : map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: "Holding the Political Center in Illinois charts the political trajectory of Illinois from the introduction of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 through the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861. Throughout, Iverson focuses on the significance of political moderation in this era of partisan extremes, one in which the very label of "conservative" was contested. Most often framed through the biography of Abraham Lincoln, the turbulence of antebellum-era and political realignment in Illinois has been widely misunderstood, yet the Prairie State's geographic, economic, and demographic diversity makes it an especially fascinating microcosm through which to examine the politics of self-identified conservatives leading up to the Civil War. Most politicians and voters in this period claimed to be conservative and stood opposed to radical secessionists and abolitionists. By positioning "conservatism" as a disposition rather than an ideology, Ian. T. Iverson explores how mainstream politicians in the Democratic, Republican, and Know-Nothing Parties employed a shared interpretation of American liberty, history, and institutions to court voters throughout the sectional crisis. Ultimately, this united reaction against secession, which propelled Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas to rally together behind the Union's banner in April 1861, rose from an unconditional centrist commitment to the Union-the core value defining conservatism"--
  table of contents: A hell of a storm -- The common cause -- No man's land -- The great debates -- Race to the White House -- The Union in peril.
  note: Ian T. Iverson.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-il
  subject:
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: Politics and government
    temporal: To 1865
  subject:
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: History
    temporal: 1778-1865
  subject:
    topic: Conservatism
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: History
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    topic: Center parties
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: History
    temporal: 19th century
  subject:
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 1778-1865
  subject:
    topic: Conservatisme
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 19e siècle
  subject:
    topic: Centre (Science politique)
    geographic: Illinois
    topic: Histoire
    temporal: 19e siècle
  classification: F545 .I84 2024
  classification: 977.3/03
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Interpreting the Civil War
  identifier: 9781606354797
  identifier: 1606354795
  identifier: 9781631015458
  identifier: 9781631015465
  identifier: 2024013610
  location:
    physical location: pda,print
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 240427
    record change date: 20250318220359.9
    record identifier: in00005518148
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng