Peter B Knupfer: 1 book
The Union As It Is
Constitutional Unionism and Sectional Compromise, 1787-1861
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
The first scholar to trace the meaning and importance of the idea of political compromise from the founding of the Republic to the onset of the Civil War, Knupfer shows how recurring justifications of sectional compromise reflected common ideas about the way governments were supposed to work.
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