Civil War America: Making a Nation, 1848-1877Routledge, 2014 M06 6 - 402 pages The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
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Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. LONGMAN HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR AMERICA MAKING A NATION 1848-1877 РАНЬ WCONC ROBERT COOK Nebig ROUTLEDGE This page intentionally left blank MAKING A NATION , 1848–1877. Cover.
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... history . Their insights are woven into the fabric of this text and my debt to them is readily apparent in the endnotes and bibliography . Two individuals in particular contributed to the genesis of this book . Bill Dusinberre fired me ...
... history . Their insights are woven into the fabric of this text and my debt to them is readily apparent in the endnotes and bibliography . Two individuals in particular contributed to the genesis of this book . Bill Dusinberre fired me ...
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... History ( for a month's research in New York ) ; the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Board , and the University of Sheffield ( which , in tandem , allowed me to spend a full academic year researching and writing ) . The ...
... History ( for a month's research in New York ) ; the United Kingdom Arts and Humanities Research Board , and the University of Sheffield ( which , in tandem , allowed me to spend a full academic year researching and writing ) . The ...
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... History Journal of Southern History Manuscripts Division , Library of Congress , Washington , DC Southern Historical Collection , University of North Carolina Library , Chapel Hill , NC WASHINGTON TERRITORY ( Organized 1853 ) TERRITORY ...
... History Journal of Southern History Manuscripts Division , Library of Congress , Washington , DC Southern Historical Collection , University of North Carolina Library , Chapel Hill , NC WASHINGTON TERRITORY ( Organized 1853 ) TERRITORY ...
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... ( history does not record precisely when ) the diners were forced to run for cover by a burst of rain . More showers interrupted both a subsequent contest between the fire companies and the last of the day's official events , a fire ...
... ( history does not record precisely when ) the diners were forced to run for cover by a burst of rain . More showers interrupted both a subsequent contest between the fire companies and the last of the day's official events , a fire ...
Contents
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The Politics of Slavery Expansion 184852 | 42 |
3 Political Crises of the 1850s | 73 |
Secession and Civil War | 114 |
The Quest for Southern Independence | 158 |
The Union in Wartime | 191 |
The Struggle over Reconstruction 186576 | 229 |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | 269 |
9 Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age | 302 |
The United States in the Era of Civil War | 339 |
Select Bibliography | 343 |
Index | 351 |
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