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Author : Turner Publishing
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2003-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1563119145
Author : Turner Publishing
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2003-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1563119145
Author : Christopher Phillips
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,41 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0195187237
Most Americans imagine the Civil War in terms of clear and defined boundaries of freedom and slavery: a straightforward division between the slave states of Kentucky and Missouri and the free states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. However, residents of these western border states, Abraham Lincoln's home region, had far more ambiguous identities-and contested political loyalties-than we commonly assume. In The Rivers Ran Backward, Christopher Phillips sheds light on the fluid political cultures of the "Middle Border" states during the Civil War era. Far from forming a fixed and static boundary between the North and South, the border states experienced fierce internal conflicts over their political and social loyalties. White supremacy and widespread support for the existence of slavery pervaded the "free" states of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, which had much closer economic and cultural ties to the South, while those in Kentucky and Missouri held little identification with the South except over slavery. Debates raged at every level, from the individual to the state, in parlors, churches, schools, and public meeting places, among families, neighbors, and friends. Ultimately, the pervasive violence of the Civil War and the cultural politics that raged in its aftermath proved to be the strongest determining factor in shaping these states' regional identities, leaving an indelible imprint on the way in which Americans think of themselves and others in the nation. The Rivers Ran Backward reveals the complex history of the western border states as they struggled with questions of nationalism, racial politics, secession, neutrality, loyalty, and even place-as the Civil War tore the nation, and themselves, apart. In this major work, Phillips shows that the Civil War was more than a conflict pitting the North against the South, but one within the West that permanently reshaped American regions.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1596 pages
File Size : 43,17 MB
Release : 2003
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Illinois. General Assembly. Senate
Publisher :
Page : 1294 pages
File Size : 32,79 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Illinois
ISBN :
Author : American Association for State and Local History
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 1366 pages
File Size : 14,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780759100022
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher :
Page : 2556 pages
File Size : 28,70 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
Publisher :
Page : 2556 pages
File Size : 40,84 MB
Release :
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : Morris Purdy Shawkey
Publisher :
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 10,90 MB
Release : 1928
Category : West Virginia
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 15,23 MB
Release : 1990
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
Publisher :
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 1990
Category : United States
ISBN :