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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... Indians Toward a modern West The tribulations of Henry Eno 9. Reform, Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age The economy and society of postwar America Organizing for reform Faltering steps to reconciliation The electoral ...
... Indians Toward a modern West The tribulations of Henry Eno 9. Reform, Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age The economy and society of postwar America Organizing for reform Faltering steps to reconciliation The electoral ...
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... INDIAN TERR . ARKANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA MISS . 2 ALABAMA TEXAS 1 LOUISIANA FLA . 0 The Progress of Secession Oxford University Press, Inc. Used by permission of Oxford University. 500 km 200 miles Circled numbers indicate order of ...
... INDIAN TERR . ARKANSAS SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA MISS . 2 ALABAMA TEXAS 1 LOUISIANA FLA . 0 The Progress of Secession Oxford University Press, Inc. Used by permission of Oxford University. 500 km 200 miles Circled numbers indicate order of ...
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... Indian Group ' . There was even one called ' The Know Nothing ' , a reference to a new patriotic and anti - Catholic political party which had performed surprisingly well in recent elections . Gathered in front of a wooden stage erected ...
... Indian Group ' . There was even one called ' The Know Nothing ' , a reference to a new patriotic and anti - Catholic political party which had performed surprisingly well in recent elections . Gathered in front of a wooden stage erected ...
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... Indians, blacks, the poor, the young, and the elderly were most at risk from diseases such as yellow fever, typhoid, cholera, malaria, and tuberculosis, but these indiscriminate killers were no respecters of class or race. With disease ...
... Indians, blacks, the poor, the young, and the elderly were most at risk from diseases such as yellow fever, typhoid, cholera, malaria, and tuberculosis, but these indiscriminate killers were no respecters of class or race. With disease ...
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Contents
Political Crises of the 1850s | |
Secession and Civil | |
The Quest for Southern Independence | |
The Union in Wartime | |
The Struggle Over Reconstruction 186576 | |
The Far West in the MidNineteenth Century | |
Reform Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded | |
The United States in the Era of Civil | |
Index | |
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