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The Golden State in the Civil War : Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California.
Breaks new ground in its coverage of California during the Civil War era, in terms of geography and social groupings.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Golden State in the Civil War; 1. Map of California in 1865, featuring the places named in the text.; Title; Copyright; Untitled; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Golden State in the 1850s; BEFORE THE GOLD RUSH; NEW BEGINNINGS IN THE GOLD RUSH YEARS; DISPUTES OVER LAND OWNERSHIP; THE ECONOMY; A VIOLENT DECADE: MURDERS, VIGILANTISM, AND FILIBUSTERS; COMMUNITIES OF COLOR; PARTISAN POLITICS: BRODERICK VERSUS GWIN; 2 Thomas Starr King and the Massachusetts Background for His California Activism; ORIGINS; BOSTON IN THE 1830S; THE CLERICAL CALLING.
- THE LYCEUM CIRCUITENVIRONMENTAL IMAGININGS; ABOLITIONIST BOSTON TAKES SHAPE; 3 Toward a Political Realignment; REPUBLICAN PARTY ORIGINS; THE ARCHY LEE CASE; THE ARRIVAL OF THOMAS STARR KING; A WATERSHED MOMENT; THE ELECTION OF 1860 IN CALIFORNIA; POCKETS OF RESISTANCE; 4 The First Years of War; AN ANXIOUS TIME; MOBILIZATION ON BEHALF OF THE UNION; A REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION IN SACRAMENTO TAKES SHAPE; WASHINGTON DELIVERS; TESTED BY NATURE; 5 The Military Front; BEFORE SUMTER; AFTER SUMTER; AN INVASION OF THE SOUTHWEST; THE CALIFORNIA COLUMN; PROTECTING THE TRAILS AND WATERWAYS.
- THE CALIFORNIA BATTALIONPROTECTING THE HOME FRONT; 6 The Cultural Front; CONSEQUENTIAL FRIENDSHIPS; TRANSCENDENTALISM COMES TO CALIFORNIA; ENCOUNTER WITH THE CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE; "LESSONS FROM THE SIERRA NEVADA"; NURTURING THE ARTS; LECTURING IN CALIFORNIA; 7 A New Role for California Gold and a Seesaw Federal-State Relationship; A MULTIFACETED SET OF CHALLENGES; THE SANITARY COMMISSION IS FORMED; AMERICANS IN CANADA SET A PRECEDENT; A TESTING TIME; FUND-RAISING EXPLODES IN GROWTH; CONFLICTS ARISE; THE LEGAL TENDER ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA REACTION: A FEDERAL-STATE STANDOFF.
- EMANCIPATION BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE IN THE GOLDEN STATELINCOLN'S NOD TO CALIFORNIA; THE ELECTION OF 1863; 8 "Coppery" California; THE EVOLUTION OF NATIONAL POLICY; A CALIFORNIA OVERVIEW; THE CHAPMAN AFFAIR; A COPPERHEAD TAXONOMY; A LAST GASP; 9 Californians of Color; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHINESE AMERICANS; CALIFORNIOS AND OTHER LATINOS; CALIFORNIA INDIANS; 10 A Tragic Death and Its Aftermath; THE DEATH OF THOMAS STARR KING; AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE; THE NEW APPROACH IN ACTION; CALIFORNIA WOMEN BREAK NEW GROUND; HIGH TIDE AND EBB TIDE FOR THE REPUBLICANS; Epilogue; Index.