Fenians, freedmen, and southern Whites : race and nationality in the era of Reconstruction / Mitchell Snay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snay, Mitchell.

Series:

Conflicting worlds

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877).

Nationalism--United States--History--19th century.

Nationalism.

Race relations.

History.

White people.

Politics and government.

Irish Americans--Politics and government.

Irish Americans.

Fenians.

Ethnicity--Political aspects.

United States.

Political culture--United States--History--19th century.

Political culture.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Ethnicity.

Fenians--History.

Irish Americans--Politics and government--19th century.

Freed persons--Political activity--United States--History--19th century.

Freed persons.

Freed persons--Political activity.

White people--Southern States--Politics and government--19th century.

United States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Southern States--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages, 3 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

After the American Civil War, several movements for ethnic separatism and political self-determination significantly shaped the course of Reconstruction. The Union Leagues, which began during the war to support the northern effort, spread to the South after the war and mobilized African Americans to fight for their political rights and economic security. Opposing the Leagues was the Ku Klux Klan, which used intimidation and violence to maintain the political and economic hegemony of southern whites. Founded in 1858 as the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood, the Irish-American Fenians sought to liberate Ireland from English rule. Mitchell Snay provides a compelling comparison of these seemingly disparate groups in Fenians, Freedmen, and Southern Whites, illuminating the contours of nationalism during Reconstruction.

Contents:

1 The Context of Republican Reconstruction 18

2 The Political Culture of Countersubversion 50

3 Nationality and Class: The Land Question 81

4 Ethnic and Racial Nationalism 114

5 Civic Nationalism 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-208) and index.

ISBN:

9780807132739

080713273X

OCLC:

85851430