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UNINA9910789950103321 |
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Autore |
Guelzo Allen C |
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Titolo |
Fateful lightning [[electronic resource] ] : a new history of the Civil War and Reconstruction / / Allen C. Guelzo |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-993936-5 |
1-280-59400-4 |
9786613623836 |
0-19-984329-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (587 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First edition ... was originally published as The crisis of the American Republic : a history of the Civil War and Reconstruction Era, St. Martin's Press, 1994". |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. A Nation Announcing Itself; 2. The Game of Balances; 3. Year of Meteors; 4. To War upon Slavery: The East and Emancipation, 1861-1862; 5. Elusive Victories: East and West, 1862-1863; 6. The Soldier's Tale; 7. The Manufacture of War; 8. The Year That Trembled: East and West, 1863; 9. World Turned Upside Down; 10. Stalemate and Triumph; 11. A Dim Shore Ahead; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than 700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges.In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Priz |
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