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A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era
By Lang, Andrew F.
- ISBN
- 9781469660073
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Starred Review on December 1, 2020 | Social Sciences
In this brilliant book, Lang (history, Mississippi State Univ.) explains how the concept of American liberty might seem a self-evident truth, but it was not a self-activating realization. It demanded definition, direction, and discipline—and the Civil War-era generation struggled to give it form and force. As the author makes clear, Northerners and Southerners alike defined liberty and their responsibilities to realize it against the experience of failed d...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
