Becoming American under fire Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era /

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Autore principale: Samito, Christian G.
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009.
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Sommario:
  • The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s
  • The question of armed service
  • African Americans in arms
  • Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers
  • Irish Americans in arms
  • African Americans and the call for rights
  • The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America
  • The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad
  • Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.