A contest of civilizations : exposing the crisis of American exceptionalism in the Civil War era /

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Most mid-19th-century Americans regarded the US as an democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil & aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from & even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unpr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lang, Andrew F., 1982- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:
1861-1865
Exceptionalism > United States.
National characteristics, American.
Group identity > United States.
Exceptionnalisme > États-Unis.
Identité collective > États-Unis.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Civilization.
Exceptionalism.
Group identity.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States > Civilization.
États-Unis > Civilisation.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue. The Young Men's Lyceum, 1838
  • Introduction. The Civil War Era and the Problem of American Exceptionalism
  • PART I. Conceived in Liberty
  • 1. Union
  • 2. Causes
  • PART II. Now We Are Engaged in a Great Civil War
  • 3. Purposes
  • 4. Conduct
  • 5. Insurrection
  • 6. Endings
  • PART III. Shall Not Perish from the Earth
  • 7. Consequences
  • 8. Peace
  • Epilogue. The Paradox of Civilization.

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