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Fighting with the past : how seventeenth-century history shaped the American Civil War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2025.
Series:Steven and Janice Brose lectures in the Civil War era.
Subjects:
Collective memory > United States > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > Civil War, 1642-1649.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
1642-1649
1800-1899
1861-1865
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Making Poetry from the Past
  • Historical Thinking in the Nineteenth Century
  • The Cultural Origins of the Civil War
  • Legitimate and Illegitimate Rebellion
  • Committing to Civil War
  • The Language of War
  • The Dangers of Despotism
  • Ending Civil Wars
  • The Meaning of the Civil War
  • Conclusion. Past and Present.