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A secret society history of the Civil War / Mark A. Lause.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lause, Mark A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Secret societies--United States--History--19th century.
- Secret societies.
- Secret societies--Influence--History--19th century.
- Government, Resistance to--United States--History--19th century.
- Government, Resistance to.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Societies, etc.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This unique history of the American Civil War considers the impact of 19th-century American secret societies on the path to, as well as the course of, the war. Lause analyzes how the Old World's traditions influenced various underground groups and movements in America.
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Prologue. Old World Contours: Revolutionary Politics and the Secret Society Tradition""; ""PART I. ALTERNATIVE MEANS""; ""1. The Brotherhood of the Union: George Lippard and the Palestine of Redeemed Labor""; ""2. Universal Democratic Republicans: Hugh Forbes and Transatlantic Antislavery Radicalism""; ""Illustrations follow page 50""; ""3. Lone Stars and Golden Circles: The Manifest Destiny of George W. L. Bickley""; ""PART II. CHALLENGING POWER""
- ""4. Higher Laws: The Fulcrum of African American National Identity""""5. Decisive Means: Political Violence and National Self-Definition""; ""PART III. ENDS""; ""6. The Counterfeit Nation: The KGC, Secession, and the Confederate Experience""; ""7. The Republic Saved: Secret Societies and the Survival of the Union""; ""Epilogue. Long Shadows: Lineages of the Secret Society Tradition in America""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613895240
- 9781283582797
- 1283582791
- 9780252093593
- 0252093593
- OCLC:
- 867785950
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