Dreams of a more perfect union

Kersh, Rogan.

Dreams of a more perfect union [electronic resource] / Rogan Kersh. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2001. - xi, 358 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-349) and index.

The rhetorical genesis of American political union -- A theory of political union emerges, 1780s-1820s -- National unity and nation-building, 1820s-1850s -- Conceiving a more moral union, 1850s-1865 -- The terms of reunion -- The ends of union, 1877-1898.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Nationalism--History--United States--18th century.
Nationalism--History--United States--19th century.


United States--Politics and government--18th century.
United States--Politics and government--19th century.


Electronic books.

JK31 / .K47 2001

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