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xii, 337 pages ; 24 cm. |
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Conflicting worlds: new dimensions of the American Civil War |
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Conflicting worlds.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Antebellum America in the British imagination -- The formation of British attitudes toward the Civil War -- Britain, the Civil War, and race -- British views of American society and politics during the Civil War -- Britain and the Civil War's military significance -- British understandings of American nationalisms during the Civil War. |
| Summary |
Hugh Dubrulle explores how Britons imagined the American Civil War and how these imaginings influenced discussions about British politics, society, race, nationalism, and military affairs. Contributing to and expanding upon previous scholarship that focused on establishing British public opinion toward the American war, Dubrulle presents the forces that shaped that opinion. In doing so, he enriches the context of existing historiography. Ambivalent Nation: How Britain Imagined the American Civil War offers a methodical dissection of habits of thought and stereotypes developed during the antebellum period and how they a were largely the product of the Anglo-American post-colonial relationship. Previous historians have suggested that the United States was indeed post-colonial in the antebellum years, but none has applied this concept to the study of British attitudes toward Americans during the Civil War. -- Provided by publisher. |
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Foreign public opinion, British.
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Public opinion, British. (OCoLC)fst01354095
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780807168806 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0807168807 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780807168813 electronic book |
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9780807168820 electronic book |
| Standard No. |
40028300620 |
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