{"product_id":"creating-the-land-of-lincoln-the-history-and-constitutions-of-illinois-1778-1870-hardback-9780252041679","title":"Creating the Land of Lincoln; The History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870 (Hardback) 9780252041679","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCreating the Land of Lincoln\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Cicero Jr. (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252041679\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 March 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 21 black \u0026amp; white photographs, 8 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.594 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRussell P. Strange Memorial Book Award, Illinois State Historical Society, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e— Illinois State Historical Society\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn its early days, Illinois seemed destined to extend the American South. Its population of transplants lived an upland southern culture and in some cases owned slaves. Yet the nineteenth century and three constitutions recast Illinois as a crucible of northern strength and American progress. Frank Cicero Jr. provides an appealing new history of Illinois as expressed by the state's constitutions—and the lively conventions that led to each one. In Creating the Land of Lincoln, Cicero sheds light on the vital debates of delegates who, freed from electoral necessity, revealed the opinions, prejudices, sentiments, and dreams of Illinoisans at critical junctures in state history. Cicero simultaneously analyzes decisions large and small that fostered momentous social and political changes. The addition of northern land in the 1818 constitution, for instance, opened up the state to immigrant populations that reoriented Illinois to the north. Legislative abuses and rancor over free blacks influenced the 1848 document and the subsequent rise of a Republican Party that gave the nation Abraham Lincoln as its president. Cicero concludes with the 1870 constitution, revealing how its dialogues and resolutions set the state on the modern course that still endures today.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCover\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eTitle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eCopyright\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003ePreface\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e1. Illinois before Statehood: Slave Country of the Northwest Territory\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e2. The Constitution of 1818: Slavery, a Bogus Census, Feeble Executive Power\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e3. Black Codes and Bondage, Settling the North, Legislative Follies\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e4. The Constitution of 1848: Reconstructing Government, Balancing Powers, Oppressing Free Blacks\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e5. Two Transformative Decades: 1848–1868\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e6. Civil War, a Partisan Convention, the Decisive Later 1860s\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003e7. The Constitution of 1870: Progressive Foundation for a Century\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ch-level-1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52641193197848,"sku":"9780252041679","price":23.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/creating-the-land-of-lincoln-the-history-and-constitutions-of-illinois-1778-1870-hardback-9780252041679","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}