Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War

Politics and Ideology in the Age of the Civil War by Foner, Eric. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780195029260.

Insisting that politics and ideology must remain at the forefront of any examination of nineteenth-century America, Foner reasserts the centrality of the Civil War to the people of that period. The first section of this book deals with the causes of the sectional conflict; the second, with the antislavery movement; and a final group of essays treats land and labor after the war. Taken together, Foners essays work towards reintegrating the social, political, and intellectual history of the nineteenth century.