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UNINA9910820884403321 |
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Autore |
Lause Mark A |
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Titolo |
A secret society history of the Civil War / / Mark A. Lause |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-58279-1 |
9786613895240 |
0-252-09359-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-201) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""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"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This unique history of the American Civil War considers the impact of |
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