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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War /

Explores the moral dilemmas faced by various religious sects and how these groups struggled to come to terms with the effects of wartime Americanization-- without sacrificing their religious beliefs and values.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lehman, James O.
Otros Autores: Nolt, Steven M., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2007.
Colección:Young Center books in Anabaptist & Pietist studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War
  • Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic
  • Our country is at war
  • Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862
  • Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862
  • Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest
  • The fighting comes north, 1862-1863
  • Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics
  • Did Jesus Christ teach men war?
  • Resistance and revenge in Virginia, 1863-1864
  • Burning the Shenandoah Valley
  • Reconstructed nation, reconstructed peoplehood.