Patriotism by Proxy: The Civil War Draft and the Cultural Formation of Citizen-Soldiers, 1863-1865

by Colleen Glenney Boggs

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At the height of the Civil War in 1863, the Union instated the first-ever federal draft. Patriotism By Proxy develops a new understanding of the connections between American literature and American lives by focusing on this historic moment when the military transformed both.

Paired with the Emancipation Proclamation, the 1863 draft inaugurated new relationships between the nation and its citizens. A massive bureaucratic undertaking, it redefined...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0198863675

ISBN13:9780198863670

Release Date:October 2020

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:192 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"

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