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The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War
David T. Gleeson
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Hardback. A collection of essays highlighting the war not only as a North American conflict but as a global one Editor(s): Gleeson, David T.; Lewis, Simon. Series: Carolina Lowcountry & the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBWJ; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the struggle over slavery and sovereignty in the United States in the context of other conflicts in the Western hemisphere. Additionally Gleeson and Lewis offer an analysis of the impact of the war and its results overseas.
Although ... Read more
In an attempt to counter the insular narratives of much of the sesquicentennial commemorations of the Civil War in the United States, editors David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis present this collection of essays that examine the war as more than a North American conflict, one with transnational concerns. The book, while addressing the origins of the Civil War, places the struggle over slavery and sovereignty in the United States in the context of other conflicts in the Western hemisphere. Additionally Gleeson and Lewis offer an analysis of the impact of the war and its results overseas.
Although ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Carolina Lowcountry & the Atlantic World
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
South Carolina, United States
ISBN
9781611173253
SKU
V9781611173253
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About David T. Gleeson
A native of Ireland, David T. Gleeson is a reader in history at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and a former director of the College of Charleston, USA's Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World program. He is the editor of The Irish in the Atlantic World and coeditor of Ambiguous Anniversary: The Bicentennial of the International Slave Trade Bans ... Read more
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