In the cause of liberty : how the Civil War redefined American ideals / edited by William J. Cooper, Jr., and John M. McCardell, Jr.
- Published:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2009.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 195 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Cooper, William J., Jr. (William James), 1940-, McCardell, John, and American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar
- Contents:
- The Civil War and the transformation of America / James M. McPherson -- Slaveholding nation, slaveholding civilization / Christa Dierksheide and Peter S. Onuf -- Why did southerners secede? / Sean Wilentz -- "A party man who did not believe in any man who was not" Abraham Lincoln, the Republican party, and the Union / Richard Carwardine -- Rebels and patriots in the Confederate "revolution" / George C. Rable -- Wartime nationalism and race comparing the visions of Confederate, black Union, and white Union soldiers / Chandra Manning -- Emancipation without slavery remembering the Union victory / Nina Silber -- Redeeming a failed revolution Confederate memory / W. Fitzhugh Brundage -- Traced by blood African Americans and the legacies of the Civil War / David W. Blight.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780807134443 (cloth : alk. paper) and 0807134449
- Note:
- "Published in conjunction with The American Civil War Center at HistoricTredegar."
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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