Civil War America : making a nation, 1848-1877 / / Robert Cook
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| Autore: |
Cook Robert
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| Titolo: |
Civil War America : making a nation, 1848-1877 / / Robert Cook
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (403 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina: | 973.6 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| United States History 1849-1877 | |
| Note generali: | First published 2003 by Pearson Education. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. A robber and a jailer : the Antebellum Republic -- 2. Bitter fruit of an unjust war : the politics of slavery expansion, 1848-52 -- 3. Political crises of the 1850s -- 4. The disunited states : secession and Civil War -- 5. Our deliverance is nigh : the quest for Southern independence -- 6. Last full measure of devotion : the union in wartime -- 7. War by any other name : the struggle over reconstruction, 1865-76 -- 8. Land of gold : the Far West in the mid-nineteenth century -- 9. Reform, reaction and reunion at the dawn of the Gilded Age. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins, course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as racial conflict, gender relations, religion, the popular memory and state formation. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Civil War America |
| ISBN: | 1-317-87808-6 |
| 1-315-83884-2 | |
| 0-582-38107-X | |
| 1-317-87809-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910958822703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Longman history of United States.