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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... position July 2-3 To Baltimore 然 Devil's den Round top Little round top Union forces and their movements Confederate forces and their movements 0 1km 0 1/2 mile Source : After Parish , P.J. ( 1975 ) , The American Civil War ( pub . New ...
... position July 2-3 To Baltimore 然 Devil's den Round top Little round top Union forces and their movements Confederate forces and their movements 0 1km 0 1/2 mile Source : After Parish , P.J. ( 1975 ) , The American Civil War ( pub . New ...
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... position . ' At some point during the festivities ( 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 ...
... position . ' At some point during the festivities ( 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 ...
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... position toward Europe , as to Literature and the Arts , is still that of a colony , and one feels the same joy here that is experienced by the colonist in returning home . ' Politically , however , she found Europe sadly deficient in ...
... position toward Europe , as to Literature and the Arts , is still that of a colony , and one feels the same joy here that is experienced by the colonist in returning home . ' Politically , however , she found Europe sadly deficient in ...
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... position . In a society in which all the cards of power were stacked heavily in favor of whites , North American slaves seldom rebelled in large numbers like their peers in the Caribbean where blacks were usually in a clear majority ...
... position . In a society in which all the cards of power were stacked heavily in favor of whites , North American slaves seldom rebelled in large numbers like their peers in the Caribbean where blacks were usually in a clear majority ...
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... position until the end of the century , New York's publishing houses were bigger and its newspapers , notably Horace Greeley's Tribune , more influential . Young writers and poets keen to celebrate the democratic thrust of the era found ...
... position until the end of the century , New York's publishing houses were bigger and its newspapers , notably Horace Greeley's Tribune , more influential . Young writers and poets keen to celebrate the democratic thrust of the era found ...
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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