Identifier
etd-07132015-131705
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
History
Document Type
Dissertation
Abstract
The leaders of the Confederate States of America proved eager and desirous of the power of the federal government. Rather than constituting an anomalous, ironical, or revolutionary episode in American political history, the Confederacy sought to conserve their definition of American liberty and democracy, with its racial grants, privileges, and sanction of slavery, through the power of government. The embrace of federal power was an intentional, central, and desirable feature of government, and one that Confederates embraced in order to sustain and project their nation and its vision of American democracy.
Date
2015
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Cunningham, Geoffrey D., "To Begin Anew: Federalism and Power in the Confederate States of America" (2015). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1706.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1706
Committee Chair
Sheehan-Dean, Aaron
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_dissertations.1706