Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America's Bloodiest Conflict - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814785700 ISBN 13 : 9780814785706

Editeur : New York University Press, 2010

Synopsis

At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age.
Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo through the United States today.
Contributors: Stephen D. Engle, William McKee Evans, David T. Gleeson, Andrea Mehrländer, Joseph P. Reidy, Robert N. Rosen, and Susannah J. Ural.

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À propos de l'auteur

Susannah J. Ural is Associate Professor of History at the University of Southern Mississippi and a Senior Fellow of the Center for the Study of War and Society. She is the author of The Harp and the Eagle: Irish-American Volunteers and the Union Army, 1861-1865 (NYU Press, 2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New York University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814785700
• ISBN 13: 9780814785706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Ural Susannah J.
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