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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790130203321

Autore

Matthews Glenna

Titolo

The Golden State in the Civil War : Thomas Starr King, the Republican party, and the birth of modern California / / Glenna Matthews [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-107-22333-4

1-139-33388-7

1-280-39345-9

9786613571373

1-139-33720-3

1-139-33965-6

1-139-34123-5

1-139-33633-9

1-139-33807-2

1-139-01375-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 272 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

HIS036000

Disciplina

979.4/04

Soggetti

California Politics and government 1861-1865

California History Civil War, 1861-1865

California Race relations History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Golden State in the 1850s; 2. Thomas Starr King and the Massachusetts background for his California activism; 3. Towards a political realignment; 4. The first years of war; 5. The military front; 6. The cultural front; 7. A new role for California gold/a see-saw federal-state relationship; 8. 'Coppery' California; 9. Californians of color; 10. A tragic death and its aftermath.

Sommario/riassunto

This book breaks new ground, not only in its coverage of California, but also in its treatment of the role of cultural links in enhancing national loyalty, in its attention to many groups of people of color, including Chinese and Latinos, and what happened to them during the Civil War.



In addition, the book devotes attention to the ebb and flow of the two political parties and to the little-known fact that nearly 17,000 California men and women volunteered for military service on behalf of the Union. Glenna Matthews broadens understanding of the Civil War era both in terms of geography and in terms of social groupings.