Reconstruction in a globalizing world / David Prior, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prior, David (College teacher), editor.

Series:

Reconstructing America (Series)

Reconstructing America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States--History--1865-1898.

United States.

History.

Southern States--History--1865-1877.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 224 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.

Summary:

As one of the most complexly divisive periods in American history, Reconstruction has been the subject of a rich scholarship. Historians have studied the period's racial views, political maneuverings, divisions between labor and capital, debates about women's suffrage, and of course its struggle between freed slaves and their former masters. Yet, on each of these fronts scholarship has attended overwhelmingly to the eastern United States, especially the South, thereby neglecting important transnational linkages. This volume, the first of its kind, examines Reconstruction's global connections and contexts in ways that, while honoring the field's accomplishments, move it beyond its southern focus. The volume brings together prominent and emerging scholars to showcase the deepening interplay between scholarship on Reconstruction and on America's place in world history. Through these essays, Reconstruction in a Globalizing World engages two dynamic fields of study to the benefit of them both. By demonstrating that the South and the eastern United States were connected to other parts of the globe in complex and important ways, the volume challenges scholars of Reconstruction to look outward. Likewise, examining these same connections will compel transnationally minded scholars to reconsider Reconstruction as a pivotal era in the shaping of the United States' relations with the rest of the world. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Our South American Cousin: Domingo F. Sarmiento and Education in Argentina and the United States / Evan C. Rothera Rothera, Evan C. 21

2 Liberia College and Transatlantic Ideologies of Race and Education, 1860-1880 / Matthew J. Hetrick Hetrick, Matthew J. 50

3 Transatlantic Liberalism: Radical Republicans and the British Reform Act of 1867 / Mitchell Snay Snay, Mitchell 74

4 The Arms Scandal of 1870-1872: Immigrant Liberal Republicans and America's Place in the World / Alison Clark Efford Efford, Alison Clark 94

5 "The Failure of the Men to Come Up": The Reinvention of Irish-American Nationalism / Caleb Richardson Richardson, Caleb 121

6 Incorporating German Texas: Immigrant Nation-Building in the Southwest / Julia Brookins Brookins, Julia 145

7 Reconstruction, from Transatlantic Polyseme to Historiographical Quandary / David Prior Prior, David 172.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823278312

082327831X

9780823278305

0823278301

OCLC:

990716001