Shifting Grounds

Outstanding... One of the most textured accounts of Southern nationalism to date. ... This book will be profitably read by scholars of the American South and the Civil War era as well as anyone interested in the nature of modern nationalism.

Auteur
Paul Quigley is James I. Robertson, Jr. Associate Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of Virginia Center for Civil War Studies, Virginia Tech University

Texte du rabat

The American Civil War brought with it a crisis of nationalism. Shifting Grounds reinterprets southern conceptions of allegiance, identity, and citizenship within the contexts of antebellum American national identity and the transatlantic "Age of Nationalism."

Résumé
The American Civil War brought with it a crisis of nationalism. Shifting Grounds reinterprets southern conceptions of allegiance, identity, and citizenship within the contexts of antebellum American national identity and the transatlantic "Age of Nationalism."

Contenu

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction

• 1. Foundations: Nationalism in the Antebellum American South
• 2. Dreams: Southern Nationalism before Nationhood
• 3. The Pinch: American Nationalism in Crisis
• 4. Definitions: Confederate Citizenship and National Identity in 1861
• 5. War: Suffering, Sacrifice, and the Trials of Nationalism

• Conclusion

• List of abbreviations

• Notes

• Bibliography

• Index