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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974087603321
• Autore: Lause Mark A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2011
• ISBN: 9786613895240; 9781283582797; 1283582791; 9780252093593; 0252093593
• 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.