Fighting for citizenship : Black Northerners and the debate over military service in the Civil War / Brian Taylor.
| Author/creator | Taylor, Brian author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020] |
| Description | xii, 236 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Civil War America Civil War America (Series) ^A325557 |
| Contents | If we are not citizens, then what are we? To 1861 -- A white man's war? April 1861-December 1862 -- Decision time: January-August 1863 -- Contracts of war: September 1864-April 1865 -- Making black service matter: 1865-1883. |
| Abstract | "Understanding debates over African Americans' enlistment exposes a formative moment in the development of American citizenship: black Northerners' key demand was that military service earn full American citizenship for black men and women, a term that had no precise definition prior to the Fourteenth Amendment. In articulating this demand, Taylor argues, black Northerners participated in the remaking of American citizenship itself--unquestionably one of the war's most important results"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2020004162 |
| ISBN | 9781469659763 hardcover |
| ISBN | 146965976X hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781469659770 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 1469659778 paperback alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | NC Stacks | E540.B53 T29 2020 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |