The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic RIM - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813049229 ISBN 13: 9780813049229

Publisher: University Press of Florida, 2013

Synopsis

"Inescapably, the Civil War was an international problem and those who ignore the foreign element miss the wider significance of the conflict. . . . Valuable for its breadth of vision and its differing perspectives on the international context of the war. It is important reading."--Journal of Southern History

"A thought-provoking collection whose international perspective is much to be welcomed."--Indiana Magazine of History

"The brevity and varied interpretations in the book will keep the reader's attention throughout. . . . Reiterates older interpretations and offers fresh insights."--Georgia Historical Quarterly

"Argues that there was no realistic basis for the widespread Southern expectation that King Cotton would prove indispensable to British textile mills and would produce diplomatic recognition for the Confederate States of America. . . . A stimulating examination of a neglected but important Civil War topic."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly

"Successful in raising larger issues of concern for Civil War historians."--Illinois Historical Journal

"Provides a wonderful opportunity for scholars of the Civil War and U.S. diplomatic history alike to reconsider old topics in new ways. . . .There are no weak reeds among these essays. All are fine contributions to the literature that scholars as well as students should read with profit."--Civil War History

About this title

About the Author

Robert E. May is professor of history at Purdue University and the author of Southern Dream of a Caribbean Empire, 1854-1861 and Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America.

From the Back Cover

"Inescapably, the Civil War was an international problem and those who ignore the foreign element miss the wider significance of the conflict. . . . Valuable for its breadth of vision and its differing perspectives on the international context of the war. It is important reading."--"Journal of Southern History" "A thought-provoking collection whose international perspective is much to be welcomed."--"Indiana Magazine of History" "The brevity and varied interpretations in the book will keep the reader's attention throughout. . . . Reiterates older interpretations and offers fresh insights."--"Georgia Historical Quarterly" "Argues that there was no realistic basis for the widespread Southern expectation that King Cotton would prove indispensable to British textile mills and would produce diplomatic recognition for the Confederate States of America. . . . A stimulating examination of a neglected but important Civil War topic."--"Southwestern Historical Quarterly" "Successful in raising larger issues of concern for Civil War historians."--"Illinois Historical Journal" "Provides a wonderful opportunity for scholars of the Civil War and U.S. diplomatic history alike to reconsider old topics in new ways. . . .There are no weak reeds among these essays. All are fine contributions to the literature that scholars as well as students should read with profit."--"Civil War History"

From the Inside Flap

The Civil War is usually regarded as a purely domestic struggle. The essays in The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim demonstrate that the conflict was an international event that affected, and was affected by, the policies of many countries. These four prize-winning historians reconsider why the Confederacy never received the foreign aid that it counted on and trace the war's impact upon European and Latin nations and dependencies. They provide fresh perspectives regarding Britain's refusal to recognize the Confederacy, the role abroad of pro-Union African American lecturers, French emperor Napoleon III's intervention in Mexico, and the Civil War's meaning to peoples all over the world.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813049229
• ISBN 13: 9780813049229
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• Editor: May Robert E.