The Revolution of 1861: The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict - Softcover

Fleche, Andre M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807835234 ISBN 13: 9780807835234

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 2012

Synopsis

It was no coincidence that the Civil War occurred during an age of violent political upheaval in Europe and the Americas. Grounding the causes and philosophies of the Civil War in an international context, Andre M. Fleche examines how questions of national self-determination, race, class, and labor the world over influenced American interpretations of the strains on the Union and the growing differences between North and South. Setting familiar events in an international context, Fleche enlarges our understanding of nationalism in the nineteenth century, with startling implications for our understanding of the Civil War.Confederates argued that European nationalist movements provided models for their efforts to establish a new nation-state, while Unionists stressed the role of the state in balancing order and liberty in a revolutionary age. Diplomats and politicians used such arguments to explain their causes to thinkers throughout the world. Fleche maintains that the fight over th

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Andre M. Fleche is associate professor of history at Castleton State College.

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It was no coincidence that the Civil War occurred during an age of violent political upheaval in Europe and the Americas. Grounding the causes and philosophies of the Civil War in an international context, Andre M. Fleche examines how questions of national self-determination, race, class, and labor the world over influenced American interpretations of the strains on the Union and the growing differences between North and South. Setting familiar events in an international context, Fleche enlarges our understanding of nationalism in the nineteenth century, with startling implications for our understanding of the Civil War.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807835234
• ISBN 13: 9780807835234
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224