'Diffusion against centralization' : centralization and its discontents in America, 1848-1860

This thesis explores how American conservatives in the 1850s used centralization as a term and process to understand social change, sectional conflict, and political economy, but paradoxically used opposition to centralization tactically to expand economic networks, extend state capacity, and rein i...

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Main Author: Thompson, Charles
Other Authors: Heath, Andrew
Published: University of Sheffield 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713263

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