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Author Izecksohn, Vitor, author

Title Slavery and war in the Americas : race, citizenship, and state building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870 / Vitor Izecksohn
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 251 pages)
Series A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era
Nation divided.
Contents Military traditions confront mass mobilization in the United States and Brazil -- The crisis of the American recruitment system : Union Army recruitment, April 1861-July 1863 -- From inertia to insurgence : the crisis in Brazilian recruitment, 1865-1868 -- Forged in inequality : the recruitment of Black soldiers in the United States, September 1862-April 1865 -- Manumitting and enlisting the slaves in Brazil, December 1866-August 1868 -- Conclusion: Processes, effects, distortions
Summary "This book compares the U.S. Civil War to the Paraguayan War of 1864-70, particularly with regard to the wars' impact on state-building and race relations"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Paraguayan War, 1865-1870 -- Black people
Nation-building -- History -- 19th century
Slavery -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century
Soldiers, Black -- History -- 19th century
Recruiting and enlistment -- History -- 19th century
Citizenship -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African Americans
Black people
Citizenship
Nation-building
Race relations -- Political aspects
Recruiting and enlistment
Slavery -- Political aspects
Soldiers, Black
Sklaverei
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
Tripelallianz-Krieg
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140208
Brazil -- History, Military -- 19th century
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century
Brazil -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century
Subject Brazil
United States
Brasilien
Genre/Form History
Military history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813935867
0813935865