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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... Union arms , 1863-65 5. Our Deliverance Is Nigh : The Quest for Southern Independence Born in the CSA ?: The unusual ... Union in Wartime Multiple agendas Government initiatives Dissent and democracy Restoring the Union: Phase one ...
... Union arms , 1863-65 5. Our Deliverance Is Nigh : The Quest for Southern Independence Born in the CSA ?: The unusual ... Union in Wartime Multiple agendas Government initiatives Dissent and democracy Restoring the Union: Phase one ...
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... Union position July 2-3 To Baltimore Union forces and their movements with permission of the publisher. Map 7 Gold-Rush California Source: Map 6 The Battle of Gettysburg. To Emmitsburg Round top Confederate forces and their movements 1km ...
... Union position July 2-3 To Baltimore Union forces and their movements with permission of the publisher. Map 7 Gold-Rush California Source: Map 6 The Battle of Gettysburg. To Emmitsburg Round top Confederate forces and their movements 1km ...
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... Union ' and , just below , ' 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 coordinated representing not only a state ...
... Union ' and , just below , ' 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 coordinated representing not only a state ...
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... Union was formed. It was the Union that breathed the breath of life into commerce, manufactures, agriculture, and secured us prosperity at home and respect abroad.' Lavishing praise on the railroads in particular, Mr Bradbury felt ...
... Union was formed. It was the Union that breathed the breath of life into commerce, manufactures, agriculture, and secured us prosperity at home and respect abroad.' Lavishing praise on the railroads in particular, Mr Bradbury felt ...
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... Union was a functioning state to which they were proud to pledge allegiance. The same applied to white southerners who risked their lives fighting for the United States on the battlefields of the Mexican War. It was certainly not ...
... Union was a functioning state to which they were proud to pledge allegiance. The same applied to white southerners who risked their lives fighting for the United States on the battlefields of the Mexican War. It was certainly not ...
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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