Slavery and war in the Americas : race, citizenship, and state building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870 / Vitor Izecksohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izecksohn, Vitor, author.

Series:

Nation divided

A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship.

History.

Recruiting and enlistment.

Soldiers, Black.

Slavery--Political aspects.

Slavery.

Nation-building.

Race relations.

History, Military.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.

United States.

African Americans.

Paraguayan War, 1865-1870--Black people.

Paraguayan War, 1865-1870.

Black people.

Brazil--History, Military--19th century.

Brazil.

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

Brazil--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Nation-building--History--19th century.

Slavery--Political aspects--History--19th century.

Soldiers, Black--History--19th century.

Recruiting and enlistment--History--19th century.

Citizenship--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

Summary:

"This book compares the U.S. Civil War to the Paraguayan War of 1864-70, particularly with regard to the wars' impact on state-building and race relations"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Military traditions confront mass mobilization in the United States and Brazil

The crisis of the American recruitment system : Union Army recruitment, April 1861-July 1863

From inertia to insurgence : the crisis in Brazilian recruitment, 1865-1868

Forged in inequality : the recruitment of Black soldiers in the United States, September 1862-April 1865

Manumitting and enlisting the slaves in Brazil, December 1866-August 1868

Conclusion: Processes, effects, distortions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813935850

0813935857

OCLC:

879369030