Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era /

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In Becoming American under Fire, Christian G. Samito provides a rich account of how African American and Irish American soldiers influenced the modern vision of national citizenship that developed during the Civil War era. By bearing arms for the Union, African Americans and Irish Americans exhibite...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Samito, Christian G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Irish Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 19th century.
Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century.
Militaires américains d'origine irlandaise > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Militaires noirs américains > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
African American soldiers.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Citizenship.
Irish American soldiers.
Military participation > African American.
Politics and government.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1861-1865.
United States.
History.
Electronic resource.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s
  • The question of armed service
  • African Americans in arms
  • Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers
  • Irish Americans in arms
  • African Americans and the call for rights
  • The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America
  • The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad
  • Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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