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...
Основен автор: | Trefousse, Hans L. 1921-2010. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
℗♭1997.
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Серия: |
Civil War America (Series)
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1570 |
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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.