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Hess, Earl J. "Liberty and Self Control: Republican Values in the Civil War North," Purdue University, February 1986.
This is a study of republican values in the mid-century North and how they were involved in the Civil War. It defines what constituted republicanism, and discusses its interaction with issues raised by the war, and the conflict’s effect on the perpetuation of republicanism. The study also includes a chapter on Southern republicanism. Looking at personal papers of elites and lowly people, it argues that ideology assumed a primary role in motivation and that republicanism was strengthened, not diminished, by the war. It argues that self-control is the most significant theme for understanding nineteenth-century republicanism.
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