Reforging the White Republic : race, religion, and American nationalism, 1865-1898 / Edward J. Blum.

Author/creator Blum, Edward J.
Format Book
Publication InfoBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2005.
Descriptionx, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Nationalism--United States. --History. --19th century.
United States--History. --1865-1898.
United States--Race relations. --History. --19th century.
United States--Church history. --19th century.

SeriesConflicting worlds
Conflicting worlds. ^A449147
Contents Introduction: Race, Religion, and the Fracturing of the White Republic -- The Last and Greatest Battle of Freedom: Race and the American Nation after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- On the Verge of Heaven: Religious Missions, Interracial Contact, and the Radicalism of Radical Reconstruction -- The Apostles of Forgiveness: Religion and National Reunion in Northern Society, Popular Culture, and National Politics, 1865 -1875 -- Inventor of Legends Miraculous: National Reconciliation and Racial Segregation during America's Third Great Awakening -- The White Flag Waves: Spiritual Reunion and Genocidal Visions during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 -- No North, No South, No Sectionalism in Politics, No Sex in Citizenship: Race, Nationalism, and Gender Politics in the Rise of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- To the Person Sitting in Darkness: Global Missions, Religious Belief, and the Making of the Imperial White Republic.
Local noteLittle-348362--305131054861.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-344) and index.
LCCN 2004021168
ISBN0807130524 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807130520 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807132487 (pbk.)
ISBN0807132489 (pbk.)