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The green and the gray : the Irish in the Confederate States of America /
Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of this sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, it considers the role of Irish...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2013
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| Colección: | Civil War America.
Civil War America (Series) |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of this sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, it considers the role of Irish southerners in the debates over secession and the formation of the Confederacy, their experiences as soldiers, the effects of Confederate defeat for them and their emerging ethnic identity, and their role in the rise of Lost Cause ideology. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 307 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469612508 146961250X 9781469607573 1469607573 |