Empire, Expansion and the Struggle for Freedom: American Political Culture at the Time of the Civil War

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This book explores the importance of political culture to the actions and lives of leading political characters during the time of American expansion and leading into the American Civil War (18201863). Strains of individualism, moralism, and traditionalism in American political culture shaped the political behaviors and events of this momentous era.