Irish American Civil War Songs : Identity, Loyalty, and Nationhood /

"During the American Civil War, approximately 200,000 Irish-born soldiers and sailors fought for both the Union and, to a much lesser extent, the Confederacy. They were involved in every major engagement. In "Irish American Civil War Songs," Catherine V. Bateson examines songs written...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bateson, Catherine V. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Music and war.
Military participation > Irish American.
Irish Americans > Music.
Irish American soldiers.
Militaires americains d'origine irlandaise > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Irish Americans > Music > 19th century > History and criticism.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Irish American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Music and the War.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Irish Music and Songs in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America
  • The Production of Irish American Civil War Songs
  • Battlefield Balladry
  • Lyrical Cultural Identity
  • Fenian Sentiments and Irish Nationalism Sympathies
  • Lyrical Expressions of Wartime Politics
  • Irish American Loyalty and Identity in Civil War Songs.

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