The Lost President
A. D. Smith and the Hidden History of Radical Democracy in Civil War America
Seiten
2019
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-5454-5 (ISBN)
University of Georgia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8203-5454-5 (ISBN)
A detective story, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, and correspondence to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the US, and of the value of remembering secondary historical characters.
A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters.
A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters.
Ruth Dunley is Manager of Communications at Algonquin College. Stephen Berry is an assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke. He is the author of All That Makes a Man and The Todds: First Family of the Civil War.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.02.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | UnCivil Wars |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Stephen Berry, Amy Murrell Taylor |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 black & white images |
| Verlagsort | Georgia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 473 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8203-5454-6 / 0820354546 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8203-5454-5 / 9780820354545 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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