4. Did the Civil War Further American Democracy? A Reflection on the Expansion of Benefits for Union Veterans

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. I. Barrington Moore's Social Origins and Beyond: Historical Social Analysis since the 1960s 1
5. I. THE ROOTS OF DICTATORSHIP AND DEMOCRACY
6. 2. War and the State in Early Modern Europe 25
7. 3. Where Do Rights Come From? 55
8. 4. Did the Civil War Further American Democracy? A Reflection on the Expansion of Benefits for Union Veterans 73
9. 5. Development, Revolution, Democracy, and Dictatorship: China versus India? 102
10. II. GROUPS AND SOCIAL IDENTITIES IN POLITICS
11. 6. Intellectuals, Social Classes, and Revolutions 127
12. 7. Building, Bridging, and Breaching the Color Line: Rural Collective Action in Louisiana and Cuba, 186S-1912 143
13. 8. Religious Toleration and Jewish Emancipation in France and in Germany 167
14. III. GLOBAL AND NATIONAL POLITICS SINCE MID-CENTURY
15. 9. The International Origins of Democracy: The American Occupation ofJapan and Germany 191
16. 10. The Political Sources of Democracy: The Macropolitics of Microeconomic Policy Disputes 210
17. 11. Fin de Siecle Globalization, Democratization, and the Moore Theses: A European Case Study 230
18. Notes on the Contributors 257
19. Index 261