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In the Cause of Liberty : How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals /

In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americasantebellum, wartime, and postbellum nations. Moreover, they recognize the critical role in this transformative era of thre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
Otros Autores: McCardell, John, Cooper, William J., Jr. (William James), 1940-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Civil War and the transformation of America / James M. McPherson
  • Slaveholding nation, slaveholding civilization / Christa Dierksheide and Peter S. Onuf
  • Why did southerners secede? / Sean Wilentz
  • "A party man who did not believe in any man who was not" Abraham Lincoln, the Republican party, and the Union / Richard Carwardine
  • Rebels and patriots in the Confederate "revolution" / George C. Rable
  • Wartime nationalism and race comparing the visions of Confederate, black Union, and white Union soldiers / Chandra Manning
  • Emancipation without slavery remembering the Union victory / Nina Silber
  • Redeeming a failed revolution Confederate memory / W. Fitzhugh Brundage
  • Traced by blood African Americans and the legacies of the Civil War / David W. Blight.