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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... important role in preparation of the manuscript at various stages , not least the creation of the index . My greatest debt , however , is to my closest family for their deeply appreciated love , support , and patience throughout this ...
... important role in preparation of the manuscript at various stages , not least the creation of the index . My greatest debt , however , is to my closest family for their deeply appreciated love , support , and patience throughout this ...
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... a mecca for commercial grain farmers . Religion furnished an important cultural gel . Roughly 10 percent of Americans were members of the main evangelical denominations ( Methodist , Baptist , and Presbyterian ) in 1860 8 CIVIL WAR AMErica.
... a mecca for commercial grain farmers . Religion furnished an important cultural gel . Roughly 10 percent of Americans were members of the main evangelical denominations ( Methodist , Baptist , and Presbyterian ) in 1860 8 CIVIL WAR AMErica.
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... important , that his grandfather had fought against the British throughout the War of Independence . Thousands of Grant's peers could claim a similarly impressive lineage to prove their worth as Americans . But what of those people who ...
... important , that his grandfather had fought against the British throughout the War of Independence . Thousands of Grant's peers could claim a similarly impressive lineage to prove their worth as Americans . But what of those people who ...
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... in the South's decision to secede ( and since that decision was contested forcibly by the North then slavery must be regarded as an important cause of the war itself ) . Yet southern 14 CIVIL WAR AMERICA Slavery and the antebellum South.
... in the South's decision to secede ( and since that decision was contested forcibly by the North then slavery must be regarded as an important cause of the war itself ) . Yet southern 14 CIVIL WAR AMERICA Slavery and the antebellum South.
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... important element in an increasingly integrated and specialized national economy responsive to the dictates of the developing domestic and global market . Cotton was the antebellum Republic's most valuable export . High demand in Great ...
... important element in an increasingly integrated and specialized national economy responsive to the dictates of the developing domestic and global market . Cotton was the antebellum Republic's most valuable export . High demand in Great ...
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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