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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820884403321

Autore

Lause Mark A

Titolo

A secret society history of the Civil War / / Mark A. Lause

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-58279-1

9786613895240

0-252-09359-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

973.7

Soggetti

Secret societies - United States - History - 19th century

Secret societies - Influence - History - 19th century

Government, Resistance to - United States - History - 19th century

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Societies, etc

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Underground movements

United States Politics and government 1861-1865

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 (p. [157]-201) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue. Old World Contours: Revolutionary Politics and the Secret Society Tradition""; ""PART I. ALTERNATIVE MEANS""; ""1. The Brotherhood of the Union: George Lippard and the Palestine of Redeemed Labor""; ""2. Universal Democratic Republicans: Hugh Forbes and Transatlantic Antislavery Radicalism""; ""Illustrations follow page 50""; ""3. Lone Stars and Golden Circles: The Manifest Destiny of George W. L. Bickley""; ""PART II. CHALLENGING POWER""

""4. Higher Laws: The Fulcrum of African American National Identity""""5. Decisive Means: Political Violence and National Self-Definition""; ""PART III. ENDS""; ""6. The Counterfeit Nation: The KGC, Secession, and the Confederate Experience""; ""7. The Republic Saved: Secret Societies and the Survival of the Union""; ""Epilogue. Long Shadows: Lineages of the Secret Society Tradition in America""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

This unique history of the American Civil War considers the impact of



19th-century American secret societies on the path to, as well as the course of, the war. Lause analyzes how the Old World's traditions influenced various underground groups and movements in America.