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Yankee Leviathan (book)
''Yankee Leviathan: The Origins of Central State Authority in America, 1859–1877'' (usually shortened to ''Yankee Leviathan'') is a book written by Richard Bensel published by Cambridge University Press in 1991. In the book, Bensel undertakes an analysis of the causes of the American Civil War and the failed policies of Reconstruction Era of the United States, Reconstruction to construct an argument about the rise of the American national State (polity), state. The book is a contribution to scholarship on Studies in American Political Development, American Political Development and political and economic modernization. Synopsis Causes of the American Civil War Bensel argues that the attractiveness of secession for Southern United States, Southerners rested on a threefold calculation. First, the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party won both the presidency in the election of Abraham Lincoln and a plurality in the United States House of Representatives, House of Repre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bensel
Richard Franklin Bensel (born 1949) is a professor of American politics at Cornell University. Bensel has attempted to bridge the gap between American economic and political history, with an eye toward comparative implications. Bensel is best known as a scholar of political economy. His most recent work, ''Passions and Preferences: William Jennings Bryan and the 1896 Democratic National Convention'' (Cambridge University Press, 2008), attempts to bring American political development into a conversation with rational choice theory. American political development Along with Stephen Skowronek, Theda Skocpol and others, Bensel is among the founders of the academic study of American political development (APD), a sub-specialty within the discipline of political science. Beginning during the 1970s and 80s as an attempt to "bring the state back in" to the study of American Politics, APD soon emerged as a competitor to the prevailing rational choice and survey research modes of studying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
