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Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America - A Biography (Paperback): William E. Gienapp Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America - A Biography (Paperback)
William E. Gienapp
R1,083 Discovery Miles 10 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Abraham Lincoln and Civil War America is a short biography aimed at a general audience, but because of its short length, it will also be suitable for use on college courses in American history. The biography will concentrate on Lincoln's years as president, with particular emphasis upon his role in determining the course and outcome of the Civil War.

The Origins of the Republican Party 1852-1856 (Hardcover): William E. Gienapp The Origins of the Republican Party 1852-1856 (Hardcover)
William E. Gienapp
R4,328 R3,490 Discovery Miles 34 900 Save R838 (19%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The 1850s saw in America the breakdown of the Jacksonian party system in the North and the emergence of a new sectional party--the Republicans--that succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two-party system. This monumental work uses demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history to trace the realignment of American politics in the 1850s and the birth of the Republican party. Gienapp powerfully demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process and explains why, even after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force. The study also reveals the crucial role of ethnocultural factors in the collapse of the second party system and thoroughly analyzes the struggle between nativism and antislavery for political dominance in the North. The volume concludes with the decisive triumph of the Republican party over the rival American party in the 1856 presidential election. Far-reaching in scope yet detailed in analysis, this is the definitive work on the formation of the Republican party in antebellum America.

The Origins of the Republican Party 1852-1856 (Paperback, New ed): William E. Gienapp The Origins of the Republican Party 1852-1856 (Paperback, New ed)
William E. Gienapp
R1,503 Discovery Miles 15 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the 1850s, the Jacksonian party system broke down in the North and a new sectional party, the Republicans, succeeded the Whigs in the nation's two party system. Using demographic, voting, and other statistical analysis,as well as the more traditional methods and sources of political history, William Gienapp powerfully demonstrates that the organization of the Republican party was a difficult, complex, and lengthy process, and explains why, even after an inauspicious beginning, it ultimately became a potent political force.

The Civil War Diary of Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy - The Original Manuscript Edition (Hardcover, The... The Civil War Diary of Gideon Welles, Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy - The Original Manuscript Edition (Hardcover, The Original Manuscript ed)
Gideon Welles; Edited by William E. Gienapp, Erica L. Gienapp; Foreword by James M Mcpherson
R1,374 R1,224 Discovery Miles 12 240 Save R150 (11%) Out of stock

Gideon Welles's 1861 appointment as secretary of the navy placed him at the hub of Union planning for the Civil War and in the midst of the powerful personalities vying for influence in Abraham Lincoln's cabinet. Although Welles initially knew little of naval matters, he rebuilt a service depleted by Confederate defections, planned actions that gave the Union badly needed victories in the war's early days, and oversaw a blockade that weakened the South's economy.
Perhaps the hardest-working member of the cabinet, Welles still found time to keep a detailed diary that has become one of the key documents for understanding the inner workings of the Lincoln administration. In this new edition, William E. and Erica L. Gienapp have restored Welles's original observations, gleaned from the manuscript diaries at the Library of Congress and freed from his many later revisions, so that the reader can experience what he wrote in the moment. With his vitriolic pen, Welles captures the bitter disputes over strategy and war aims, lacerates colleagues from Secretary of State William H. Seward to General-in-Chief Henry Halleck, and condemns the actions of the self-serving southern elite he sees as responsible for the war. He can just as easily wax eloquent about the Navy's wartime achievements, extoll the virtues of Lincoln, or drop in a tidbit of Washington gossip.
Carefully edited and extensively annotated, this edition contains a wealth of supplementary material. The several appendixes include short biographies of the members of Lincoln's cabinet, the retrospective Welles wrote after leaving office covering the period missing from the diary proper, and important letters regarding naval matters and international law.

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