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Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg (1861-65) war ein Konflikt von transatlantischen Ausmaßen. Auch für Mitteleuropa hatte er spürbare, bis jetzt nur wenig erforschte Konsequenzen. Patrick Gaul widmet sich den grenzüberschreitenden Auswirkungen dieses Krieges aus wirtschafts- und kulturhistorischen Blickwinkeln, untersucht bisher unberücksichtigte Quellen und fördert dadurch neue Facetten zu Tage. Anhand von Schlaglichtern auf die Städte Hamburg, Bremen und Frankfurt zeigt Gaul unter anderem, wie Mitteleuropäerinnen und Mitteleuropäer durch Kredite, Schmuggel, humanitäre Hilfe und Waffenlieferungen in den Bürgerkrieg verwickelt waren und dass US-amerikanische Agenten und Konsuln vor Ort eifrig für die Interessen der Union beziehungsweise der sklavenhaltenden Südstaaten warben. Vor diesem Hintergrund wird deutlich, dass längst nicht alle deutschsprachigen Beteiligten vorbehaltlose Unterstützer der Nordstaaten oder Befürworter der Sklavenemanzipation waren. Gaul geht zudem den Fragen nach, wie der Civil War auf den Deutschen "Bürgerkrieg" von 1866 wirkte und welche Folgen die Emanzipation der Afroamerikanerinnen und Afroamerikaner auf mitteleuropäische Diskurse über Arbeit, Freiheit und den Umgang mit Minderheiten provozierte.

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Studies the factors that influenced the outcome of the presidential election of 1868 during the Reconstruction era in the United States.

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"In this groundbreaking new study, author Brook Thomas argues that literary analysis can enhance our historical understanding of race and Reconstruction. The standard view that Reconstruction ended with the Compromise of 1877 is a retrospective construction. Works of literature provide the perspective of those who continued to see possibilities for its renewal well past 1877. Historians have long tried to reconcile social history's emphasis on the local with political history's emphasis on the national. Literature creates national political allegories while focusing on events in a particular locale. Moreover, the debate over Reconstruction was a debate about state legitimacy as well as specific laws. It was a question of foundational myths as well as foundational legal principles. Literature's political allegories allow us to recreate those debates rather than view the end of Reconstruction as a foregone conclusion. Because many of the issues raised by Reconstruction remain unresolved, those debates continue into the present. Chapters treat how the racial issues raised by Reconstruction are interwoven with debates over state v. national authority, efforts to combat terrorism (the KKK), the paternalism of welfare, economic expansion, and the question of who should rightly inherit the nation's past. Thomas examines authors who opposed Reconstruction, authors who supported it, and authors who struggled with mixed feelings. This exciting text will set the standard in literary historical studies for decades to come"--

HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations. --- LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. --- HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. --- Race relations in literature. --- Literature and society --- Politics and literature --- American literature --- History --- History and criticism.

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Railroads --- Economic aspects --- History --- HISTORY --- United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) --- Business & Economics --- Transportation Economics --- New England --- Politics and government --- Iron horses (Railroads) --- Lines, Railroad --- Rail industry --- Rail lines --- Rail transportation --- Railroad industry --- Railroad lines --- Railroad transportation --- Railway industry --- Railways --- Communication and traffic --- Concessions --- Public utilities --- Transportation --- Trusts, Industrial --- Northeastern States

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"Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. This riveting portrait illuminates Galloway's life and deepens our insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction as experienced by African Americans in the South"-- "Abraham H. Galloway (1837-70) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the most significant and stirring black leaders in the South during the Civil War. Throughout his brief, mercurial life, Galloway fought against slavery and injustice. He risked his life behind enemy lines, recruited black soldiers for the North, and fought racism in the Union army's ranks. He also stood at the forefront of an African American political movement that flourished in the Union-occupied parts of North Carolina, even leading a historic delegation of black southerners to the White House to meet with President Lincoln and to demand the full rights of citizenship. He later became one of the first black men elected to the North Carolina legislature. Long hidden from history, Galloway's story reveals a war unfamiliar to most of us. As David Cecelski writes, "Galloway's Civil War was a slave insurgency, a war of liberation that was the culmination of generations of perseverance and faith." This riveting portrait illuminates Galloway's life and deepens our insight into the Civil War and Reconstruction as experienced by African Americans in the South. "--

HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies. --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. --- African American legislators --- African American abolitionists --- Fugitive enslaved persons --- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) --- Galloway, Abraham H., --- United States --- History --- Secret service. --- African Americans. --- Participation, African American.