German immigrants, race, and citizenship in the Civil War era
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German immigrants, race, and citizenship in the Civil War era
（Publications of the German Historical Institute）
Cambridge University Press, 2014
- : pbk
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"First paperback edition 2014"--T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 241-259
Includes index
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This study of Civil War-era politics explores how German immigrants influenced the rise and fall of white commitment to African-American rights. Intertwining developments in Europe and North America, Alison Clark Efford describes how the presence of naturalized citizens affected the status of former slaves and identifies 1870 as a crucial turning point. That year, the Franco-Prussian War prompted German immigrants to re-evaluate the liberal nationalism underpinning African-American suffrage. Throughout the period, the newcomers' approach to race, ethnicity, gender and political economy shaped American citizenship law.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: naturalized citizens, transnational perspectives, and the arc of reconstruction
- 1. The German language of American citizenship
- 2. The 'freedom-loving German', 1854-60
- 3. Black suffrage as a German cause in Missouri, 1865
- 4. Principal rising, 1865-9
- 5. Wendepunkt: the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1
- 6. The Liberal Republican transition, 1870-2
- 7. Class, culture, and the decline of reconstruction, 1870-6
- Epilogue: the Great Strike of 1877
- Appendix: voting tables
- Bibliography.
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