Willing Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776-1898 |
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... political awakening would furnish him with a second body . It was directly to such political enlightenment that the autocratic Sherman traced the disobedience and general lawlessness exhibit- ed by the lawyer : " I doubt if our ...
... political awakening would furnish him with a second body . It was directly to such political enlightenment that the autocratic Sherman traced the disobedience and general lawlessness exhibit- ed by the lawyer : " I doubt if our ...
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... political enlightenment through education can be seen as part of a larger American trend . As Cathy Davidson has shown , issues of literacy and pedagogy became " a focus of social and political crisis " during the revolutionary period ...
... political enlightenment through education can be seen as part of a larger American trend . As Cathy Davidson has shown , issues of literacy and pedagogy became " a focus of social and political crisis " during the revolutionary period ...
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... Political equality , 66 , 185 Political religion ( Lincoln ) , 50 , 53 " Politics " ( Emerson ) , 81-82 , 91–92 Polk , James K. , 57 Popularity , of generals , 7–8 , 12 , 16-17 , 21 , 27 , 35 , 41-42 . See also Hero - worship Port ...
... Political equality , 66 , 185 Political religion ( Lincoln ) , 50 , 53 " Politics " ( Emerson ) , 81-82 , 91–92 Polk , James K. , 57 Popularity , of generals , 7–8 , 12 , 16-17 , 21 , 27 , 35 , 41-42 . See also Hero - worship Port ...
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Sherman Lincoln and the Lawyer | 1 |
Lincolns Electric Cord | 50 |
Civil Warriors and Vandal Chiefs | 93 |
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