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Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North (American Political Thought) (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
Melinda Lawson
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Description for Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North (American Political Thought) (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
Hardcover. This work shows that the Civil War brought about a change in American national identity, redefining the relationship between the individual and the government. It covers the role that the war played in the shaping of the cultural and ideological nation-state. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 612.
The Civil War is often credited with giving birth to the modern American state. The demands of warfare led to the centralization of business and industry and to an unprecedented expansion of federal power. But the Civil War did more than that: as Melinda Lawson shows, it brought about a change in American national identity, redefining the relationship between the individual and the government. Though much has been written about the Civil War and the making of the political and economic American nation, this is the first comprehensive study of the role that the war played in the shaping of ... Read more
The Civil War is often credited with giving birth to the modern American state. The demands of warfare led to the centralization of business and industry and to an unprecedented expansion of federal power. But the Civil War did more than that: as Melinda Lawson shows, it brought about a change in American national identity, redefining the relationship between the individual and the government. Though much has been written about the Civil War and the making of the political and economic American nation, this is the first comprehensive study of the role that the war played in the shaping of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
American Political Thought
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700612079
SKU
V9780700612079
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About Melinda Lawson
Melinda Lawson is visiting assistant professor of history at Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Reviews for Patriot Fires: Forging a New American Nationalism in the Civil War North (American Political Thought) (American Political Thought (University Press of Kansas))
A well researched, excellently written, and remarkably clever book. It should be required reading for any scholar interested in the Northern home front or the construction of American nationalism.... A delight to read. - Civil War History ""The issues raised in Lawson's book - changing and contested definitions of loyalty, patriotism, nationalism - seem as fresh and relevant today as ... Read more