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Daniel Webster and the oratory of civil religion
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- Creator
- Craig R. Smith
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2005]
- ©2005
- Physical Details
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- 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0826215424, 9780826264299, 0826264298, 9780826215420
- OCLC
- ocn613407616, ocm56535046, ocm61395479
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-292) and index.
- The foundation of Webster's civil religion -- A Boston lawyer -- The lion returns -- Civic duty in the romantic age -- Liberty and union -- Legal and partisan wrangling -- Abolition confounds the two-party system -- Secretary Webster -- War with Mexico -- National crisis, Capitol gridlock -- Consummating compromise -- Twilight time
Subjects
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 -- Political and social views.
- Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 -- Oratory.
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
- Civil religion -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Nationalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Political oratory -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- History and criticism.
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1865.