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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Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: Maps 1, 5, and 6 redrawn from The American Civil War, copyright © 1975 by Peter J. Parish, published and ...
Making a Nation, 1848-1877 Robert Cook. The publishers are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: Maps 1, 5, and 6 redrawn from The American Civil War, copyright © 1975 by Peter J. Parish, published and ...
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... a joyous and patriotic character'. The day itself dawned bright and hot. At sunrise the start of official festivities was signaled by the ringing of Augusta's church bells and a national salute from the United States arsenal. As the city ...
... a joyous and patriotic character'. The day itself dawned bright and hot. At sunrise the start of official festivities was signaled by the ringing of Augusta's church bells and a national salute from the United States arsenal. As the city ...
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... from the band , a Christian prayer , more music , a reading of Thomas Jefferson's familiar Declaration of Independence and an address by Judge Nathan Weston . The official ... a people than the first. The whole country laid as a wreck.
... from the band , a Christian prayer , more music , a reading of Thomas Jefferson's familiar Declaration of Independence and an address by Judge Nathan Weston . The official ... a people than the first. The whole country laid as a wreck.
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... 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 ... A ROBBER AND A JAILER: THE ANTEBELLUM REPUBLIC DOI:
... 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 ... A ROBBER AND A JAILER: THE ANTEBELLUM REPUBLIC DOI:
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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