03518nam 2200697Ia 450 991046206530332120200520144314.01-283-58279-197866138952400-252-09359-3(CKB)2670000000241177(EBL)3414049(SSID)ssj0000711807(PQKBManifestationID)11955974(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711807(PQKBWorkID)10694028(PQKB)11598005(MiAaPQ)EBC3414049(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649231(OCoLC)867785950(MdBmJHUP)muse23652(Au-PeEL)EBL3414049(CaPaEBR)ebr10593721(CaONFJC)MIL389524(OCoLC)923495200(EXLCZ)99267000000024117720110415d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA secret society history of the Civil War[electronic resource] /Mark A. LauseUrbana University of Illinois Pressc20111 online resource (233 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-08050-5 0-252-03655-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-201) and index.""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""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.Secret societiesUnited StatesHistory19th centurySecret societiesInfluenceHistory19th centuryGovernment, Resistance toUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Societies, etcUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Underground movementsUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865Electronic books.Secret societiesHistorySecret societiesInfluenceHistoryGovernment, Resistance toHistory973.7Lause Mark A855132MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462065303321A secret society history of the Civil War2270437UNINA