Divided hearts : Britain and the American Civil War

著者

書誌事項

Divided hearts : Britain and the American Civil War

R.J.M. Blackett

Louisiana State University Press, c2001

  • : pbk

大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全9件

この図書・雑誌をさがす

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780807125953

内容説明

This work explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. Moving beyond Mary Ellison's 1972 landmark regional study of Lancashire cotton workers' reactions, R.J.M. Blackett opens the subject to a new, wider transatlantic context of influence and undertakes a deftly researched and written sociological, intellectual and political examination of who in Britain supported the Union, who the Confederacy, and why. Blackett argues that the traditional historiographical assessments of British partisanship along class and economic lines must be re-evaluated in light of the nature and changing contours of transatlantic abolitionist connections, the ways in which nationalism framed the debate, and the effect that race - among other issues -exerted over the British public's perception of conditions in America. He conducts a detailed study of the meetings, lectures, pamphlets, newspaper articles and other means that friends of the protagonists used to shape the public's view of the war. Both sides, he shows, operating on the assumption that in a democracy pressure from outside can and frequently does sway the government's action, made every effort to win widespread support for their position.
巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780807126455

内容説明

Divided Hearts explores the passionate political strife that raged in Britain as a result of the American Civil War. Moving beyond Mary Ellison's 1972 landmark regional study of Lancashire cotton workers' reactions, R. J. M. Blackett opens the subject to a new, wider transatlantic context of influence and undertakes a deftly researched and written sociological, intellectual, and political examination of who in Britain supported the Union, who the Confederacy, and why. The American Civil War had a profound effect on Britain's political culture; no other event during that period -- not in Poland, Hungary, Italy, or British colonies -- compared. Blackett argues that the traditional historiographical assessments of British partisanship along class and economic lines must be reevaluated in light of the nature and changing contours of transatlantic abolitionist connections, the ways in which nationalism framed the debate, and the effect that race -- among other issues -- exerted over the British public's perception of conditions in America. Divided Hearts presents a compelling and innovative thesis, one sure to engage scholars in many fields of history.

「Nielsen BookData」 より

詳細情報

ページトップへ