Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North-western Soldiers' Fair
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
History of the North-western Soldiers' Fair, Held in Chicago the Last Week of October and the First Week of November, 1863
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : North-western Soldiers' Fair
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Chicago Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 728
Book Description
Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Membership List, Annual Report
Author: Chicago Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
Charter, Constitution, By-laws, Membership List, Annual Report
Author: Patriot Fires
Author: Melinda LawsonPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700614184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
The Civil War is often credited with giving birth to the modern American state. The demands of warfare led to the centralization of business and industry and to an unprecedented expansion of federal power. But the Civil War did more than that: as Melinda Lawson shows, it brought about a change in American national identity, redefining the relationship between the individual and the government. Though much has been written about the Civil War and the making of the political and economic American nation, this is the first comprehensive study of the role that the war played in the shaping of the cultural and ideological nation-state. In Patriot Fires, Lawson explains how, when threatened by the rebellious South, the North came together as a nation and mobilized its populace for war. With no formal government office to rally citizens, the job of defining the war in patriotic terms fell largely to private individuals or associations, each with their own motives and methods. Lawson explores how these "interpreters" of the war helped instill in Americans a new understanding of loyalty to country. Through efforts such as sanitary fairs to promote the welfare of soldiers, the war bond drives of Jay Cooke, and the establishment of Union Leagues, Northerners cultivated a new sense of patriotism rooted not just in the subjective American idea, but in existing religious, political, and cultural values. Moreover, Democrats and Republicans, Abolitionists, and Abraham Lincoln created their own understandings of American patriotism and national identity, raising debates over the meaning of the American "idea" to new heights. Examining speeches, pamphlets, pageants, sermons, and assemblies, Lawson shows how citizens and organizations constructed a new kind of nationalism based on a nation of Americans rather than a union of states-a European-styled nationalism grounded in history and tradition and celebrating the preeminence of the nation-state. Original in its insights and innovative in its approach, Patriot Fires is an impressive work of cultural and intellectual history. As America engages in new conflicts around the globe, Lawson shows us that issues addressed by nation builders of the nineteenth century are relevant once again as the meaning of patriotism continues to be explored.
Check List of Chicago Ante-fire Imprints, 1851-1871
Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Cadmus Book ShopPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Such Anxious Hours
Author: Jo Ann Daly CarrPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299324206
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Letters from soldiers to their families often provide prominent narratives of the Civil War. But what about the messages from the women who maintained homes and farmsteads alone, all while providing significant emotional support to their loved ones at the front? The letters and diaries of these eight women echo the ever-growing horrors of the conflict and reveal the stories of the Wisconsin home front. Twenty-one-year-old Emily Quiner sought a way to join the war effort that would feed her heart and mind. Annie Cox wrote to her pro-slavery fiancé to staunchly defend her abolitionist principles. Sisters Susan Brown and Ann Waldo faced the unexpected devastation that each battle brought to families. In Such Anxious Hours, Jo Ann Daly Carr places this material in historical context, detailing what was happening simultaneously in the nation, state, and local communities. Civil War history enthusiasts will appreciate these enlightening perspectives that demonstrate the variety of experiences in the Midwest during the bloody conflict.
History of the North-western Soldiers' Fair, Held in Chicago the Last Week of October and the First Week of November, 1863
Author: Illinois
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description