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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Reconstructing America
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Reconstructing America (Series)
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| Contents |
Cover -- REMAKING NORTH AMERICAN SOVEREIGNTY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction: Sovereignty and the Nation-State in Nineteenth-Century North America -- PART I MAKING NATIONS -- 1 The United States from the Inside Out and the Southside North -- 2 Confederation as a Hemispheric Anomaly: Why Canada Chose a Unique Model of Sovereignty in the 1860s -- 3 Civil War and Nation Building in North America, 1848-1867 -- 4 1860s Capitalscapes, Governing Interiors, and the Illustration of North American Sovereignty -- PART II INDIGENOUS POLITIES |
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5 The Long War: Sustaining Indigenous Communities and Contesting Sovereignties in the Civil War South -- 6 Negotiating Sovereignty: U.S. and Canadian Colonialisms on the Northwest Plains, 1855-1877 -- 7 Indian Raids in Northern Mexico and the Construction of Mexican -- PART III THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE MARKET -- 8 State, Market, and Popular Sovereignty in Agrarian North America: The United States, 1850-1920 -- 9 Reconstructing North America: The Borderlands of Juan Cortina and Louis Riel in an Age of National Consolidation -- 10 City Sovereignty in the Era of the American Civil War |
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Conclusion: Continental History and the Problem of Time and Place -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
This book explores the tumultuous history of state making in mid-nineteenth- century North America from a continental perspective. Essays by experts on Canadian Confederation, the U.S. Civil War, Mexico's fight against French imperialists, and indigenous Americans shed new light on events traditionally studied as separate national stories. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
North America -- History -- 19th century.
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Sovereignty.
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sovereignty. |
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) |
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Sovereignty |
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North America https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxRHKPqWyj6g89H9PwHmd |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Added Author |
Spangler, Jewel L., 1961- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHW8cC34cY7MBwkrMgHqP
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Towers, Frank, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spangler, Jewel L. Remaking North American Sovereignty : State Transformation in The 1860s. New York : Fordham University Press, ©2020 |
| ISBN |
9780823288472 (electronic bk.) |
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0823288471 (electronic bk.) |
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9780823288465 (electronic bk.) |
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0823288463 (electronic bk.) |
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0823288455 |
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9780823288458 |
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0823288447 |
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9780823288441 |
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