Patriot fires : forging a new American nationalism in the Civil War North /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lawson, Melinda, 1954-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2002]
Series:	American political thought.
Subjects:	United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects. Nationalism > United States > History > 19th century. Patriotism > United States > History > 19th century. National characteristics, American. United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865. Northeastern States > Social conditions > 19th century. Northeastern States > Politics and government > 19th century. Political culture > United States > History > 19th century. Political culture > Northeastern States > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

"A union love feast" : the sanitary fairs, Civil War patriotism, and national identity
Let the nation be your bank : Jay Cooke and the war bond drives
"From democracy to loyalty" : the partisan construction of national identity
"A profound national devotion" : the metropolitan union leagues
"Until the ideas of Massachusetts kiss the gulf of Mexico" : the abolitionist vision of nation and patriotism
Abraham Lincoln and the construction of national patriotism
Conclusion.