The revolution of 1861 [[electronic resource] ] : the American Civil War in the age of nationalist conflict / / Andre M. Fleche

• Autore: Fleche Andre M
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century; Nationalism - Southern States - History - 19th century; Nationalism - Confederate States of America - History; Self-determination, National - United States - History - 19th century; Self determination - Europe - History - 19th century; Revolutions - Europe - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes; Europe History 1848-1849
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : the American Civil War and the age of revolution -- World revolutions and the coming of the American Civil War -- The revolution of 1861 -- The problem of northern nationalism -- The South and the principle of self-determination -- The last best hope of earth -- The white republic -- Conclusion : American nationalism and the nineteenth-century world.
• Sommario/riassunto: It was no coincidence that the Civil War occurred during an age of violent political upheaval in Europe and the Americas. Grounding the causes and philosophies of the Civil War in an international context, Andre M. Fleche examines how questions of national self-determination, race, class, and labor the world over influenced American interpretations of the strains on the Union and the growing differences between North and South. Setting familiar events in an international context, Fleche enlarges our understanding of nationalism in the nineteenth century, with startling implications for our und
• Titolo autorizzato: The revolution of 1861
• ISBN: 1-4696-0194-X; 0-8078-6992-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461564403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.