New Bedford's Civil War

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Autore principale: Mulderink, Earl F.
Ente Autore: ebrary, Inc
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: New York : Fordham University Press, 2012.
Edizione:1st ed.
Serie:North's Civil War.
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Sommario:
  • "A burning and shining light": prosperity and enlightened governance in antebellum New Bedford
  • "The nearest approach to freedom and equality": African Americans in antebellum New Bedford
  • "Suppression of an unholy rebellion": wartime mobilization on the home front
  • "Citizen-soldiers of Massachusetts": New Bedford's volunteers in the Civil War
  • "Boys, I only did my duty": New Bedford's black soldiers in the fifty-fourth Massachusetts
  • "Worthy recipients": New Bedford's black veterans and the web of social welfare
  • "Business is extremely dull": whaling and manufacturing in wartime New Bedford
  • "The position of our city has materially changed": public costs and municipal governance during the Civil War
  • "The great hope for the future": New Bedford in the postbellum era
  • "On the altar of our common country": contested commemorations of the Civil War.