Larry Jensen Editor (9 results)

Greenwood Press first edition (per Greenwood's "First published" statement upon copyright page). xx, 348 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 14.25cm. No dust jacket. Dark mustard cloth. Text block edges foxed; foxing to several initial and rear leaves but with interior text leaves mostly clean. Binding retains some crispness. With Preface, Editor's Introduction, and Index. Five sections feature eighteen essays which were first published in the academic journal "Civil War History." ***** [PART I. HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE CIVIL WAR.] "Civil War Synthesis in American Political History" by Joel H. Silbey. "Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions" by Eric Foner. "Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877: A Critical Overview of Recent Trends and Interpretations" by Richard O. Curry. "John Brown and His Judges: A Critique of the Historical Literature" by Stephen B. Oates. [PART II. POLITICS AT THE GRASS ROOTS: ELECTIONS AND VOTERS.] "Northern Democratic Party and the Congressional Elections of 1858" by David E. Meerse. "Ethnic Voter and the First Lincoln Election" by Robert P. Swierenga. "Rejected Republican Incumbents in the 1866 Congressional Nominating Conventions: A Study in Reconstruction Politics" by Lawrence N. Powell. "Rout of Radicalism: Republicans and the Elections of 1867" by Michael Les Benedict. "Republicans and Black Suffrage in New York State: The Grass Roots Response" by Phyllis Frances Field. [PART III. "SPIRIT OF PARTY": CONGRESS AND ROLL CALL VOTING.] "Party and Section: The Senate and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill" by Gerald W. Wolff. "Unconscious "Spirit of Party" in the Confederate Congress" by Richard E. Beringer. "Bloc and Party in the United States Senate: 1861-1863" by Alan G. Bogue. "Who Were the Senate Radicals?" by Edward L. Gambill. "'Radical' Political and Economic Policies: The Senate, 1873-1877" by Glenn M. Linden. [PART IV. PATRONAGE, RELIGION, AND RACE: THE ETHNORELIGIOUS DIMENSION OF POLITICS.] "Political Patronage and Ethnic Groups: Foreign-born in the United States Customhouse Service, 1821-1861" by Leonard Tabachnik. "Religious and Occupational Roots of Party Identification: Illinois and Indiana in the 1870's" by Richard Jensen. "Negroes in the First and Second Reconstructions of the South" by August Meier. [PART V. IDEOLOGY AND POLITICS.] "Slavery and the Slave Power: A Crucial Distinction" by Larry Gara. "William Lloyd Garrison and Antislavery Unity: A Reappraisal" by Bertram Wyatt-Brown. "Aims and Impact of Garrisonian Abolitionism, 1840-1860" by James B. Stewart. ISBN 0837179602.…

Pamphlet. [26p] 8.5s11 inches, poetry. illustrations, a corner-tip bend (not crease) otherwise very good poetry journal in stapled yellow wraps. FYI, a prefatory note says "Malthus has only one more issue to go. Issue 4, the Speculative Issue, will appear (behind schedule) in early 1988".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1986 softcover (volume 2, number 1) in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slightest handling). 56 pages. [6oz]. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 7, number 1 (1st quarter 1991) softcover in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slightest handling). 40 pages. [4oz]. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1986 softcover (volume 2, number 2) in good condition: only slight wear, but with a pale discoloration affecting the side page edge margins. Pages 57-112. [6oz]. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Volume 6, number 2 (2nd Quarter 1990) softcover in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slightest handling). Pages 41-80. [4oz]. Book.

[26p] 8.5s11 inches, poetry. illustrations, very good poetry journal in stapled yellow wraps.

Staplebound. Condition: Very Good. 4to, pp. unnumbered. Wrappers a bit handled and dustsoiled.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good+. no dust jacket. First Edition. 1997.