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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819827703321

Titolo

The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic rim / / edited by Robert E. May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Gainesville : , : University Press of Florida, , 2013

ISBN

0-8130-4750-1

0-8130-5005-7

0-8130-4868-0

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MayRobert E

Disciplina

973.7

973.72

Soggetti

United States History 19th century

United States Foreign relations 1861-1865

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Robert E. May -- History and mythology: the crisis over British intervention in the Civil War / Howard Jones -- Pressure from without: African Americans, British public opinion, and Civil War diplomacy / R. J. M. Blackett -- Napoleon is coming! Maximilian is coming?: The international history of the Civil War in the Caribbean Basin / Thomas Schoonover -- "The whole family of man": Lincoln and the last best hope abroad / James M. McPherson.

Sommario/riassunto

Considers why the Confederacy never received foreign aid and traces the Civil War's impact on European and Latin nations and dependencies.