World the Civil War Made
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9781469624181
Subjects: Ethnic groups; Minorities; Human rights; National characteristics, american; Social values; United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, influence
Description: "This provocative collection boldly rewrites the way we understand the United States in the post-Civil War era. The editors argue for thinking beyond the traditional framework of Reconstruction and considering, instead, regionally interconnected struggles over the capacity of the federal government (which they term a Stockade State) and over the boundaries of coercion in the aftermath of slavery"--