Civil War America
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Civil War America

Making a Nation, 1848-1877

Robert Cook

  1. 402 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Civil War America

Making a Nation, 1848-1877

Robert Cook

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The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2014
ISBN
9781317878087
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Maps
  10. Note on the Text
  11. Prologue. Independence Day, 1854
  12. 1. A Robber and a Jailer: The Antebellum Republic
  13. 2. Bitter Fruit of an Unjust War: The Politics of Slavery Expansion, 1848–52
  14. 3. Political Crises of the 1850s
  15. 4. The Disunited States: Secession and Civil War
  16. 5. Our Deliverance is Nigh: The Quest for Southern Independence
  17. 6. Last Full Measure of Devotion: The Union in Wartime
  18. 7. War by Any Other Name: The Struggle over Reconstruction, 1865–76
  19. 8. Land of Gold: The Far West in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
  20. 9. Reform, Reaction and Reunion at the Dawn of the Gilded Age
  21. Conclusion. The Proving Time: The United States in the Era of Civil War
  22. Select Bibliography
  23. Index