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Deserter country : Civil War opposition in the Pennsylvania Appalachians / Robert M. Sandow.
LIBRA F153 .S24 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sandow, Robert M.
- Series:
- North's Civil War
- [The North's Civil War]
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Appalachians (People).
- Politics and government.
- History.
- Protest movements.
- Pennsylvania--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Protest movements.
- Pennsylvania.
- Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Appalachians (People)--Pennsylvania--History--19th century.
- Appalachians (People)--Pennsylvania--Politics and government--19th century.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Protest movements.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- 1 The Lumber Region as Pennsylvania's Appalachia 14
- 2 Patterns of Protest: The Raftsmen's Rebellion of 1857 28
- 3 The Limits of Patriotism: Early Mobilization in the Mountains 44
- 4 The Rhetoric of Loyalty: Partisan Perspectives on Treason 61
- 5 Everyday Resistance in Pennsylvania's Deserter Country 99
- 6 "Collisions with the People": Federal Intervention in Deserter Country 117
- Epilogue Contested Memories of the Civil War 139
- Appendix Supplemental Figures 147.
- Notes:
- Series from back jacket flap.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-229) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823230518
- 0823230511
- OCLC:
- 276229012
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