Black Flag Over Dixie : Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War /

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Black Flag over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War highlights the central role that race played in the Civil War by examining some of the ugliest incidents that played out on its battlefields. Challenging the American public's perception of the Civil War as a chivalrous fam...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rassenverhoudingen.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Reprisals.
Racism.
Race relations.
Military participation > African American.
Massacres.
Atrocities.
African American soldiers > Crimes against.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Represailles > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Massacres > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Racisme > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Militaires noirs americains > Crimes contre > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Reprisals > History > 19th century.
Massacres > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Racism > Southern States > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > Crimes against > Southern States > History > 19th century.
United States.
Southern States.
États-Unis (Sud) > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Southern States > Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Atrocities.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Black Flag over Dixie: Racial Atrocities and Reprisals in the Civil War highlights the central role that race played in the Civil War by examining some of the ugliest incidents that played out on its battlefields. Challenging the American public's perception of the Civil War as a chivalrous family quarrel, twelve rising and prominent historians show the conflict to be a wrenching social revolution whose bloody excesses were exacerbated by racial hatred. Edited by Gregory J.W. Urwin, this compelling volume focuses on the tendency of Confederate troops.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations, map
ISBN:9780809388288

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