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Thaddeus Stevens : nineteenth-century egalitarian /

One of the most controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, Thaddeus Stevens is best remembered for his role as congressional leader of the radical Republicans and as a chief architect of Reconstruction. Long painted by historians as a vindictive "dictator of Congress," o...

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Основен автор: Trefousse, Hans L. 1921-2010.
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ℗♭1997.
Серия: Civil War America (Series)
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Thaddeus Stevens.
Съдържание:
  • New England youth
  • Rising Pennsylvania lawyer
  • Budding politician
  • Legislative leader
  • Anti-Mason in trouble
  • Reluctant coalitionist
  • Antislavery Whig
  • Emerging Republican
  • Unionist advocate
  • War leader
  • Republican firebrand
  • Radical of radicals
  • Lincoln's critic and eulogist
  • Radical reconstructionist
  • Fugleman of the Joint Committee
  • Leader of the thirty-ninth congress
  • Thwarted congressional manager
  • Archfoe of the president
  • Defeated radical
  • Epilogue.