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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... called ' other demonstrations of a joyous and patriotic character ' . The day itself dawned bright and hot . At sunrise the start of official festivities was signaled by the ringing of Augusta's church bells and a national salute from ...
... called ' other demonstrations of a joyous and patriotic character ' . The day itself dawned bright and hot . At sunrise the start of official festivities was signaled by the ringing of Augusta's church bells and a national salute from ...
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... called those ' glorious words ' : ' The Union ' and , just be- low , ' These sister states must never be severed ' . Although he did not say so , the reporter's eye was doubtless drawn to the young women in the cart . Each one was color ...
... called those ' glorious words ' : ' The Union ' and , just be- low , ' These sister states must never be severed ' . Although he did not say so , the reporter's eye was doubtless drawn to the young women in the cart . Each one was color ...
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... called , – no champion of the rights of men , but a robber and a jailer ; the scourge hid behind her banner ; her eyes fixed , not on the stars , but on the possessions of other men . " 13 Such blistering indictments of the United ...
... called , – no champion of the rights of men , but a robber and a jailer ; the scourge hid behind her banner ; her eyes fixed , not on the stars , but on the possessions of other men . " 13 Such blistering indictments of the United ...
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... called for economic diversification and state - funded public schools in the 1850s , they did so within the context of a relatively mature slave society which they assumed to be permanent . None of the Presbyterian divines who called ...
... called for economic diversification and state - funded public schools in the 1850s , they did so within the context of a relatively mature slave society which they assumed to be permanent . None of the Presbyterian divines who called ...
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Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. who called for improved treatment of slaves in the same decade considered the possibility that slavery itself might be dismantled . Why should they have done ? Slavery underpinned white privilege ...
Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. who called for improved treatment of slaves in the same decade considered the possibility that slavery itself might be dismantled . Why should they have done ? Slavery underpinned white privilege ...
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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