ISBN:
9781107068988
,
9781107667518
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 250 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
DDC:
303.6097309034
Keywords:
Slavery Political aspects
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Slavery Social aspects
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Sectionalism (United States) History
;
19th century
;
Emotions Social aspects
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Emotions Political aspects
;
History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
Social conflict History
;
19th century
;
United States
;
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
;
United States History
;
Causes
;
Civil War, 1861-1865
;
United States Social conditions
;
To 1865
;
United States Politics and government
;
1815-1861
Abstract:
"The sectional conflict over slavery in the United States was not only a clash between labor systems and political ideologies but also a viscerally felt part of the lives of antebellum Americans. This book contributes to the growing field of emotions history by exploring how specific emotions shaped Americans' perceptions of, and responses to, the sectional conflict in order to explain why it culminated in disunion and war. Emotions from indignation to jealousy were inextricably embedded in antebellum understandings of morality, citizenship, and political affiliation. Their arousal in the context of political debates encouraged Northerners and Southerners alike to identify with antagonistic sectional communities and to view the conflicts between them as worth fighting over. Michael E. Woods synthesizes two schools of thought on Civil War causation: the fundamentalist, which foregrounds deep-rooted economic, cultural, and political conflict, and the revisionist, which stresses contingency, individual agency, and collective passion"--
Note:
Formerly CIP. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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