The Golden State in the Civil War

ISBN-13: 9780521194006 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Glenna Matthews

Opis

Breaks new ground in its coverage of California during the Civil War era, in terms of geography and social groupings.

Recenzje

'… Glenna Matthews has written a fine addition to the literature on California during the Civil War.' John P. Lloyd, H-Net Reviews (h-net.org/reviews)

Spis treści

1. The Golden State in the 1850s; 2. Thomas Starr King and the Massachusetts background for his California activism; 3. Towards a political realignment; 4. The first years of war; 5. The military front; 6. The cultural front; 7. A new role for California gold/a see-saw federal-state relationship; 8. 'Coppery' California; 9. Californians of color; 10. A tragic death and its aftermath.