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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... late arrival of some fire companies but at eleven o'clock the long column began snaking its way toward the grounds of the state - house . A cavalcade escort fronted the procession . Behind marched a long line of prominent individuals ...
... late arrival of some fire companies but at eleven o'clock the long column began snaking its way toward the grounds of the state - house . A cavalcade escort fronted the procession . Behind marched a long line of prominent individuals ...
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... late Daniel Webster . After quoting from Webster's stirring Reply to Hayne during the nullification debate of 1830 , the minister observed that the ' God - like Daniel ' had had his prayer answered , beholding as he did ' what we and ...
... late Daniel Webster . After quoting from Webster's stirring Reply to Hayne during the nullification debate of 1830 , the minister observed that the ' God - like Daniel ' had had his prayer answered , beholding as he did ' what we and ...
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... late as 1860 mining , manufac- turing , and the hand trades accounted for just 22 percent of aggre- gated US output compared with contributions of 35 percent from agriculture and 26 percent from commerce.3 Even excluding the huge ...
... late as 1860 mining , manufac- turing , and the hand trades accounted for just 22 percent of aggre- gated US output compared with contributions of 35 percent from agriculture and 26 percent from commerce.3 Even excluding the huge ...
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... late 1840s and early 1850s , American citizens were nevertheless affected by its operations in several spheres . Washington , for example , administered the nation's postal service . Every village , town , and city had a federal post ...
... late 1840s and early 1850s , American citizens were nevertheless affected by its operations in several spheres . Washington , for example , administered the nation's postal service . Every village , town , and city had a federal post ...
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... late 1840s and 1850s , the idea that the very strength of the Republic might lie in its ethnic pluralism was a compelling one for some antebellum Americans . Among them was Herman Melville's semi - autobiographical character , the ...
... late 1840s and 1850s , the idea that the very strength of the Republic might lie in its ethnic pluralism was a compelling one for some antebellum Americans . Among them was Herman Melville's semi - autobiographical character , the ...
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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