The Loyal Republic: Traitors, Slaves, and the Remaking of Citizenship in Civil War America
(Part of the Civil War America Series)
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This is the story of how Americans attempted to define what it meant to be a citizen of the United States, at a moment of fracture in the republic's history. As Erik Mathisen demonstrates, prior to the Civil War, American national citizenship amounted to little more than a vague bundle of rights. But during the conflict, citizenship was transformed. Ideas about loyalty emerged as a key to citizenship, and this change presented opportunities and profound...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1469636328
ISBN13:9781469636320
Release Date:January 1
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 7.8" x 9.8"
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