The Civil War Political Tradition

Paul D. Escott is Reynolds Professor of History Emeritus at Wake Forest University and author of Slavery Remembered: A Record of Twentieth-Century Slave Narratives, winner of the Mayflower Cup, and Black Suffrage: Lincoln's Last Goal (Virginia).

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Henry Clay: Old Virtues in New Times 2. John C. Calhoun: Inveterate Ideologue 3. Harriet Beecher Stowe: The Power of Her Pen 4. Frederick Douglass: The Outsider as Resolute Prophet 5. Stephen A. Douglas: Overtaken by Polarization 6. Jefferson Davis: A Defiant Tradition and Tradition Defied 7. Abraham Lincoln: Riding the Storm to Historic Progress 8. Horace Greeley: American Enthusiast 9. Albion Tourgee: Civil War as a Sustained Clash of Cultures 10. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Profound Radical A Brief Guide to Further Reading

Inspired by the classic Richard Hofstadter study, The Civil War Political Tradition offers cogent analysis and the clear, concise pen of a practiced master of the American historical profession. Especially appropriate for undergraduate students who might be approaching serious study of these pivotal political figures for the first time. --Barton A. Myers, Washington and Lee University, author of Rebels Against the Confederacy: North Carolina's Unionists These essays, written by a prolific and distinguished historian, deliver an astute analysis of ten leaders during the Civil War era. Escott's timely assessments of both famous and lesser known men and women will inspire readers to marvel at the seemingly inexhaustible potential for revisiting important topics and personalities associated with America's great conflict. --Joan Waugh, UCLA, author of U. S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth