Apostle of Union
A Political Biography of Edward Everett
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2016
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2860-8 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-1-4696-2860-8 (ISBN)
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Known today as “the other speaker at Gettysburg”, Edward Everett had a distinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics from the 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Mason argues that Everett’s extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complex man whose shifting political opinions illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism.
Known today as “the other speaker at Gettysburg,” Edward Everett had adistinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics fromthe 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Masonargues that Everett’s extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complexman whose shifting political opinions, especially on the topic of slavery,illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism. In the case of Everett—whoonce pledged to march south to aid slaveholders in putting down slave insurrections—Mason explores just how complex the question of slavery was formost Northerners, who considered slavery within a larger context of competingpriorities that alternately furthered or hindered antislavery actions.
By charting Everett’s changing stance toward slavery over time, Masonsheds new light on antebellum conservative politics, the complexities ofslavery and its related issues for reform-minded Americans, and the waysin which secession turned into civil war. As Mason demonstrates, Everett’spolitical and cultural efforts to preserve the Union, and the response to hiswork from citizens and politicians, help us see the coming of the Civil Waras a three-sided, not just two-sided, contest.
Known today as “the other speaker at Gettysburg,” Edward Everett had adistinguished and illustrative career at every level of American politics fromthe 1820s through the Civil War. In this new biography, Matthew Masonargues that Everett’s extraordinarily well-documented career reveals a complexman whose shifting political opinions, especially on the topic of slavery,illuminate the nuances of Northern Unionism. In the case of Everett—whoonce pledged to march south to aid slaveholders in putting down slave insurrections—Mason explores just how complex the question of slavery was formost Northerners, who considered slavery within a larger context of competingpriorities that alternately furthered or hindered antislavery actions.
By charting Everett’s changing stance toward slavery over time, Masonsheds new light on antebellum conservative politics, the complexities ofslavery and its related issues for reform-minded Americans, and the waysin which secession turned into civil war. As Mason demonstrates, Everett’spolitical and cultural efforts to preserve the Union, and the response to hiswork from citizens and politicians, help us see the coming of the Civil Waras a three-sided, not just two-sided, contest.
Matthew Mason is associate professor of history at Brigham Young University, USA.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Civil War America |
| Zusatzinfo | 8 halftones |
| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 790 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4696-2860-0 / 1469628600 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4696-2860-8 / 9781469628608 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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