1st Edition
The American Civil War in the Shaping of British Democracy
By Brent E. Kinser
Copyright 2011
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Contents: 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; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Brent E. Kinser is Associate Professor of English at Western Carolina University.
Classified as 'Research Essential' by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services A Yankee Book Peddler UK Core Title for 2011 '... this is an excellent study, presenting an innovative take on the Anglo-American relationship through the lens of the nineteenth century’s literary politicians. It presents the reader with a compelling argument, which not only has something to say about the position America occupied for the British intellectual community but also how this informed the British reform movement itself, on the path to democracy.' Journal of Transatlantic Studies
