{"product_id":"the-civil-war-as-global-david-t-gleeson-9781611173253","title":"The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of essays highlighting the war not only as a North American conflict but as a global one\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history and arguably its single most defining event, this work underscores the reality that the war was by no means the only conflict that ensnared the global imperial powers in the mid-nineteenth century. In some ways the Civil War was just another part of contemporary conflicts over the definitions of liberty, democracy, and nationhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe editors have successfully linked numerous provocative themes and convergences of time and space to make the work both coherent and cogent. Subjects include such disparate topics as Florence Nightingale, \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind, \u003c\/i\u003e war crimes and racial violence, and choices of allegiance made by immigrants to the United States. While we now take for granted the nation's values of freedom and democracy, we cannot understand the impact of the Civil War and the victorious \"new birth of freedom\" without thinking globally. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War as Global Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e reveal that Civil War-era attitudes toward citizenship and democracy were far from fixed or stable. Race, ethnicity, nationhood, and slavery were subjects of fierce controversy. Examining the Civil War in a global context requires us to see the conflict as a seminal event in the continuous struggles of people to achieve liberty and fulfill the potential of human freedom. The book concludes with a coda that reconnects the global with the local and provides ways for Americans to discuss the war and its legacy more productively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO. Vernon Burton\u003cbr\u003eEdmund L. Drago\u003cbr\u003eHugh Dubrulle\u003cbr\u003eNiels Eichhorn\u003cbr\u003eW. Eric Emerson\u003cbr\u003eAmanda Foreman\u003cbr\u003eDavid T. Gleeson\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Karp\u003cbr\u003eSimon Lewis\u003cbr\u003eAaron W. Marrs\u003cbr\u003eLesley Marx\u003cbr\u003eJoseph McGill\u003cbr\u003eJames M. McPherson\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Noonan\u003cbr\u003eTheodore N. Rosengarten\u003cbr\u003eEdward B. Rugemer\u003cbr\u003eJane E. Schultz\u003cbr\u003eAaron Sheehan-Dean\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Wilkins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David T. Gleeson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611173256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611173253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.20d","brand":"David T. Gleeson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938781855999,"sku":"9781611173253","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5f2e14d9-92a2-45ea-9a2b-87655eaab5a0.jpg?v=1681437683","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-civil-war-as-global-david-t-gleeson-9781611173253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}