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Slavery and War in the Americas: Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870 (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
Vitor Izecksohn
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Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLSB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 508.
In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaign in South America - the War of the Triple Alliance of 1864-70, which galvanized four countries and became the longest large-scale international conflict in the history of the Americas. Like the Union in its conflict with the Confederacy, Brazil was faced with an enemy of inferior resources and manpower - in their case, Paraguay - that nonetheless proved extremely difficult to defeat. In both cases, the more powerful army had to create an elaborate war ... Read more
In this pathbreaking new work, Vitor Izecksohn attempts to shed new light on the American Civil War by comparing it to a strikingly similar campaign in South America - the War of the Triple Alliance of 1864-70, which galvanized four countries and became the longest large-scale international conflict in the history of the Americas. Like the Union in its conflict with the Confederacy, Brazil was faced with an enemy of inferior resources and manpower - in their case, Paraguay - that nonetheless proved extremely difficult to defeat. In both cases, the more powerful army had to create an elaborate war ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935850
SKU
V9780813935850
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About Vitor Izecksohn
Vitor Izecksohn is Professor of History at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the coeditor of New Brazilian Military History.
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