1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461564403321

Autore

Fleche Andre M

Titolo

The revolution of 1861 [[electronic resource] ] : the American Civil War in the age of nationalist conflict / / Andre M. Fleche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012

ISBN

1-4696-0194-X

0-8078-6992-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century

Nationalism - Southern States - History - 19th century

Nationalism - Confederate States of America - History

Self-determination, National - United States - History - 19th century

Self determination - Europe - History - 19th century

Revolutions - Europe - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes

Europe History 1848-1849

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the American Civil War and the age of revolution -- World revolutions and the coming of the American Civil War -- The revolution of 1861 -- The problem of northern nationalism -- The South and the principle of self-determination -- The last best hope of earth -- The white republic -- Conclusion : American nationalism and the nineteenth-century world.

Sommario/riassunto

It was no coincidence that the Civil War occurred during an age of violent political upheaval in Europe and the Americas. Grounding the causes and philosophies of the Civil War in an international context, Andre M. Fleche examines how questions of national self-determination, race, class, and labor the world over influenced American interpretations of the strains on the Union and the growing differences between North and South. Setting familiar events in an



international context, Fleche enlarges our understanding of nationalism in the nineteenth century, with startling implications for our und