7. Reunion
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Reunion’ examines the period after the Emancipation Proclamation, the ongoing Civil War, and the presidential campaign of 1864. By the fall of 1864, large portions of the Confederacy's ...
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Epilogue
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
Is it possible to put value on the achievements of Abraham Lincoln? Lincoln was described as the Great American Man and there were many ways in which he lived up to that name. The Epilogue ...
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1. Vengeance: April–December 1865
Allen C. Guelzo
in Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction
‘Vengeance, April–December 1865’ begins with the death of Abraham Lincoln on April 15, 1865, after being shot by the Southerner, John Wilkes Booth, and the swearing in of Lincoln’s vice ...
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Introduction
Allen C. Guelzo
in Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction
The Reconstruction era embraces the twelve years, from 1865 to 1877, of active effort to rebuild and reconstitute the American union after the attempt by the Confederate States of America ...
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1. What is populism?
Cas Mudde and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
in Populism: A Very Short Introduction
“What is populism?” explains the ideational approach taken by this VSI. Populism is positioned within the context of liberal democracy. It is a label seldom claimed by people or ...
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Introduction: Abolitionist agitation in a world of slavery and pain
Richard S. Newman
in Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction
This brief survey of abolitionism focuses mostly on Anglo-American reformers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but it also surveys Atlantic-wide movements that began with slave ...
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5. Steam and Iron: The Civil War Navy (1850–1865)
Craig L. Symonds
in American Naval History: A Very Short Introduction
From 1850, the issue of slavery’s future affected nearly every aspect of American politics and government. That same decade also witnessed a virtual technological revolution that affected ...
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3. Balance of powers
David J. Bodenhamer
in The U.S. Constitution: A Very Short Introduction
Two questions guided the framers when dividing power among the branches of government: What were the limits and purposes of national power? What were the roles and responsibilities of the ...
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5. Debate
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Debate’ describes the debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas leading up to the legislative elections in 1858. Although Douglas was re-elected, Lincoln had come within an ace of ...
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6. Emancipation
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Emancipation’ explains how Lincoln responded to the secessionist crisis. The Confederates had seceded in order to avoid being coerced into emancipation. Presidents had no constitutional ...
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2. Advancement
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Advancement’ describes how, in the aftermath of the War of 1812, the penetration of the markets promised a social and moral revolution equal to that of 1776, through the cheapening of ...
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Introduction
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
Abraham Lincoln is one of the most famous Americans world-wide. What has made him so well known? For Americans, in the years after his death, he was famous as the Great Emancipator of ...
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1. Equality
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Equality’ describes the arrival of Abraham Lincoln's forebears in the New World and their search for independence and prosperity. The notion that people were born into permanent borders of ...
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6. Law: 1866–1876
Allen C. Guelzo
in Reconstruction: A Very Short Introduction
So much of Reconstruction is understood as a struggle over race, politics, and the nature of state sovereignty within a federal system that not enough attention is paid to how it was also a ...
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Epilogue
Heather Andrea Williams
in American Slavery: A Very Short Introduction
Despite the abolition of slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, notions of black inferiority and white supremacy still persisted in both the North and the South. The ...
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1. Elements of American democracy
Richard M. Valelly
in American Politics: A Very Short Introduction
In all, the United States has a very large number of political and governmental players who are constantly busy with politicking, judging, and administering. ‘Elements of American ...
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4. Liberty
Allen C. Guelzo
in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction
‘Liberty’ examines the roots of Lincoln's revulsion for slavery and describes the condition of liberal democracy in Europe and America in the 1840s. Lincoln saw slavery as a direct ...
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5. Democracy and populism
Bernard Crick
in Democracy: A Very Short Introduction
‘Democracy and populism’ considers populism's influence on democracy in Britain and the USA and the dangers that it can pose. Populism attempts to arouse a majority who are, or believe ...
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Epilogue: Abolitionist endings in the Atlantic world … and new beginnings
Richard S. Newman
in Abolitionism: A Very Short Introduction
In the final decades of the nineteenth century, American abolitionists began writing memoirs, histories, and reminiscences of the grand struggle for freedom. Part of a battle over Civil War ...
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8. The Experience of Politics: I. How to be an Activist
Kenneth Minogue
in Politics: A Very Short Introduction
‘The Experience of Politics: I. How to be an Activist’ considers the actual experience of engaging in politics and the characteristics suitable for a career in politics. Politicians need a ...
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