Fenians and Anglo-American relations during Reconstruction. [The cause and its contestants -- The policy of Sir Frederick Bruce -- Nemesis -- Fenian burlesque -- A policy f delay and lenity -- The election of 1866 -- Turning point -- The naturalization treaty of 1870 -- The last throw in a desperate game -- Postscript]

Jenkins, Brian A. ; Maldwyn Allen Jones, Catharine Hayes, William MacVean; design, O R Kline

Published by Ithaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press, 1969, 1969

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346 p. 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0801405009; 9780801405006 LCCN: 79-81595 ; LC: E183.8.G7; Dewey: 327.42/073 ; OCLC: 34501 ; green cloth in grey dustjacket ; Contents : The cause and its contestants -- The policy of Sir Frederick Bruce -- Nemesis -- Fenian burlesque -- A policy f delay and lenity -- The election of 1866 -- Turning point -- The naturalization treaty of 1870 -- The last throw in a desperate game -- Postscript ; ". discusses how the United States government encouraged Fenianism to pressure Britain into paying reparations for damages inflicted by a Confederate blockade runner, the Alabama, built in Britain, and to accept the American naturalization of former British subjects. After its diplomatic victory, the United States ceased encouraging Irish republicanism."--Lawrence J. McCaffrey ; spine sunned, store number stamp front endpaper ; FINE / VG. Seller Inventory # 006571

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Title: Fenians and Anglo-American relations during ...

Publisher: Ithaca [N.Y.] Cornell University Press, 1969

Publication Date: 1969

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Book Type: Book