{"product_id":"the-first-pariah-state-robert-e-bonner-9780691280295","title":"The First Pariah State: How the Proslavery Confederacy Menaced the World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe often-forgotten global story of how the Confederacy lost its bid for sovereign nationhood\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1861, proslavery secessionists severed ties with the United States, launched the Confederacy, and readied their new government to join the international community as a sovereign nation. In \u003ci\u003eThe First Pariah State\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Bonner tells the story of how a transatlantic publicity campaign dashed Confederate hopes by ostracizing its rebellion as an immoral, global menace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe international anti-Confederate campaign built on existing antislavery themes but moved far beyond them. Improvised indictments circulated secessionists' most incendiary words across the world. The Union and its foreign allies condemned the marauding Southern navy for disrupting high-seas commerce, violating civilized norms, and preparing for the resumption of the African slave trade. Abraham Lincoln and Senator Charles Sumner sought to convert rhetorical barbs and maritime anxieties into novel doctrines of international law designed to counter rogue regimes. And Union opinion-makers, including Black abolitionists, worked with European supporters to stymie the South's naval expansion, war finances, and diplomatic efforts to gain formal recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInternational worries about the Confederate rebellion waned after U.S. victory, and the Southern pariahdom of the 1860s left few enduring traces in international law or overseas remembrances. In fact, over the next century and a half, the pro-Confederate \"Lost Cause\" mythology proved to be as powerful abroad as it was within the restored United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert E. Bonner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691280290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691280295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Robert E. Bonner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48114037031167,"sku":"9780691280295","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e149cdf4-54c2-4bfe-8143-7fc25806aa5f.jpg?v=1769618716","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-first-pariah-state-robert-e-bonner-9780691280295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}