Civil War citizens race, ethnicity, and identity in America's bloodiest conflict
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...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press
c2010.
New York, NY : [2010] |
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817328606719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Yankee Dutchmen
- 2. “With More Freedom and Independence Than the Yankees”
- 3. “Ye Sons of Green Erin Assemble”
- 4. Irish Rebels, Southern Rebels
- 5. The Jewish Confederates
- 6. Native Americans in the Civil War
- 7. The African American Struggle for Citizenship Rights in the Northern United States during the Civil War
- About the Contributors
- Index