In the Cause of Liberty How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals

Name: In the Cause of Liberty How the Civil War Redefined American Ideals
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ISBN: 9780807143636

ISBN-10: 0807143634

ISBN-13: 9780807143636

Edition: 2011

Authors: William J. Cooper, John M. McCardell, John M. McCardell, William J. Cooper

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In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas-antebellum, wartime, and postbellum nations. Moreover, they recognize the critical role in this transformative era of three groups of Americans-white northerners, white southerners, and African Americans in the North and South. Through these differing and sometimes competing perspectives, the contributors address crucial ongoing controversies at the epicenter of the cultural, political, and intellectual history of this decisive period in American history.

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: LSU Press
Publication date: 11/14/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 206
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.770

William J. Cooper, Jr. is Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University. In addition to numerous articles, essays, & reviews, he is the author of "The Conservative Regime: South Carolina, 1877-1890," "The South & the Politics of Slavery, 1825-1856," & "Liberty & Slavery: Southern Politics to 1860," as well as co-author of "The American South: A History." He lives in Baton Rouge.



Introduction




The Civil War and the Transformation of America




Slaveholding Nation, Slaveholding Civilization




Why Did Southerners Secede?




"A party man who did not believe in any man who was not"


Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party, and the Union




Rebels and Patriots in the Confederate "Revolution"




Wartime Nationalism and Race


Comparing the Visions of Confederate, Black Union, and White Union Soldiers




Emancipation without Slavery


Remembering the Union Victory




Redeeming a Failed Revolution


Confederate Memory




Traced by Blood


African Americans and the Legacies of the Civil War



Concluding Thoughts



Notes


Contributors


Index