Shifting grounds : nationalism and the American South, 1848-1865 / Paul Quigley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quigley, Paul, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity--Southern States--History--19th century.

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

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

Regionalism--Southern States--History--19th century.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American Civil War brought with it a crisis of nationalism. This text reinterprets southern conceptions of allegiance identity, and citizenship within the contexts of antebellum American national identity and the transatlantic 'Age of Nationalism.'

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Foundations: Nationalism in the Antebellum American South; 2. Dreams: Southern Nationalism before Southern Nationhood; 3. The Pinch: American Nationalism in Crisis; 4. Definitions: Confederate Citizenship and National Identity in 1861; 5. War: Suffering, Sacrifice, and the Trials of Nationalism; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-991069-3

1-283-35284-2

9786613352842

0-19-987604-5

OCLC:

769189677