The worst passions of human nature : White supremacy in the Civil War North /
This book examines the contrast between progress on emancipation and the persistence of virulent racism and white supremacist attitudes in the Civil War North. It analyzes both northern politics and the racial attitudes and assumptions that were revealed in newspapers, books and magazines. Its centr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Charlottesville :
University of Virginia Press,
[2020]
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| Series: | Nation divided.
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| Summary: | This book examines the contrast between progress on emancipation and the persistence of virulent racism and white supremacist attitudes in the Civil War North. It analyzes both northern politics and the racial attitudes and assumptions that were revealed in newspapers, books and magazines. Its central arguments are about the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the racism that flourished in Northern society and culture. |
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| Physical Description: | 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813943848 0813943841 |