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The American Civil War in the shaping of British democracy / Brent E. Kinser.

بواسطة:نوع المادة : نصنصالناشر:Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2011]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2011وصف:191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmنوع المحتوى:
  • text
نوع الوسائط:
  • unmediated
نوع الناقل:
  • volume
تدمك:
  • 9780754660958 (hbk)
  • 0754660958 (hbk)
  • 9781409425007
  • 1409425002
الموضوع:تصنيف مكتبة الكونجرس:
  • DA560 K56 2011
المحتويات:
Introduction : trial of the century -- Thomas Carlyle : the accidental democrat -- Anthony Trollope : strange paradoxes -- Walter Bagehot : the case against America -- John Stuart Mill : calculations and feelings -- Conclusion : fare-well democracy.
ملخص:When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, a central question for British intellectuals was whether or not the American conflict was proof of the viability of democracy as a foundation for modern governance. The lessons of the American Civil War for Britain would remain a focal point in the debate on democracy throughout the war up to the suffrage reform of 1867, and after. Brent E. Kinser considers four figures connected by Woodrow Wilson's concept of the "Literary Politician," a person who, while possessing a profound knowledge of politics combined with an equally acute literary ability to express that knowledge, escapes the practical drudgeries of policy making. Kinser argues that the animosity of Thomas Carlyle towards democracy, the rhetorical strategy of Anthony Trollope's North America, the centrality of the American war in Walter Bagehot's vision of British governance, and the political philosophy of John Stuart Mill illustrate the American conflict's vital presence in the debates leading up to the 1867 reform, a legislative event that helped to secure democracy's place in the British political system.
المقتنيات
نوع المادة المكتبة الحالية رقم الطلب رقم النسخة حالة تاريخ الإستحقاق الباركود
كتاب كتاب UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة DA560 K56 2011 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) C.1 Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط 30010000400415

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : trial of the century -- Thomas Carlyle : the accidental democrat -- Anthony Trollope : strange paradoxes -- Walter Bagehot : the case against America -- John Stuart Mill : calculations and feelings -- Conclusion : fare-well democracy.

When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, a central question for British intellectuals was whether or not the American conflict was proof of the viability of democracy as a foundation for modern governance. The lessons of the American Civil War for Britain would remain a focal point in the debate on democracy throughout the war up to the suffrage reform of 1867, and after. Brent E. Kinser considers four figures connected by Woodrow Wilson's concept of the "Literary Politician," a person who, while possessing a profound knowledge of politics combined with an equally acute literary ability to express that knowledge, escapes the practical drudgeries of policy making. Kinser argues that the animosity of Thomas Carlyle towards democracy, the rhetorical strategy of Anthony Trollope's North America, the centrality of the American war in Walter Bagehot's vision of British governance, and the political philosophy of John Stuart Mill illustrate the American conflict's vital presence in the debates leading up to the 1867 reform, a legislative event that helped to secure democracy's place in the British political system.

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