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• 1. The Golden State in the 1850s--
• 2. Thomas Starr King and the Massachusetts background for his California activism--
• 3. Towards a political realignment--
• 4. The first years of war--
• 5. The military front--
• 6. The cultural front--
• 7. A new role for California gold/a see-saw federal-state relationship--
• 8. 'Coppery' California--
• 9. Californians of color--
• 10. A tragic death and its aftermath.
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This book breaks new ground, not only in its coverage of California, but also in its treatment of the role of cultural links in enhancing national loyalty, in its attention to many groups of people of color, including Chinese and Latinos, and what happened to them during the Civil War. In addition, the book devotes attention to the ebb and flow of the two political parties and to the little-known fact that nearly 17,000 California men and women volunteered for military service on behalf of the Union. Glenna Matthews broadens understanding of the Civil War era both in terms of geography and in terms of social groupings.
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• 1. Introduction Frank Costigliola and Michael J. Hogan--
• 2. The Charlie Maier scare and the historiography of American foreign relations, 1959-80 Mark Philip Bradley--
• 3. Chaps having flaps: the historiography of US foreign relations, 1980-95 Andrew J. Rotter--
• 4. Still contested and colonized ground: post-Cold War interpretations of US foreign relations during World War II Mark A. Stoler--
• 5. Recent literature on Truman's atomic bomb decision: the triumph of the middle ground? J. Samuel Walker--
• 6. The Cold War Curt Cardwell--
• 7. Cold War presidents: Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon Stephen G. Rabe--
• 8. The war that never ends: historians and the Vietnam war Robert K. Brigham--
• 9. Trends in the literature on US-Latin American relations Mark T. Gilderhus and Michael E. Neagle--
• 10. Impatient crusaders: the making of America's informal empire in the Middle East Douglas A. Little--
• 11. Explaining the rise to global power: US policy toward Asia and Africa since 1941 Mark Atwood Lawrence--
• 12. Bringing the non-state back in: human rights and Terrorism since 1945 Brad Simpson--
• 13. Technology and the environment in the global economy Jonathan Reed Winkler--
• 14. US mass consumerism in transnational perspective Emily S. Rosenberg--
• 15. A worldly tale: global influences on the historiography of US foreign relations Thomas 'Tim' Borstelmann.
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This volume includes historiographical surveys of American foreign relations since 1941 by some of the country's leading historians. Some of the essays offer sweeping overviews of the major trends in the field of foreign/international relations history. Others survey the literature on US relations with particular regions of the world or on the foreign policies of presidential administrations. The result is a comprehensive assessment of the historical literature on US foreign policy that highlights recent developments in the field.
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• 1. The Golden State in the 1850s--
• 2. Thomas Starr King and the Massachusetts background for his California activism--
• 3. Towards a political realignment--
• 4. The first years of war--
• 5. The military front--
• 6. The cultural front--
• 7. A new role for California gold/a see-saw federal-state relationship--
• 8. 'Coppery' California--
• 9. Californians of color--
• 10. A tragic death and its aftermath.
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This book breaks new ground, not only in its coverage of California, but also in its treatment of the role of cultural links in enhancing national loyalty, in its attention to many groups of people of color, including Chinese and Latinos, and what happened to them during the Civil War. In addition, the book devotes attention to the ebb and flow of the two political parties and to the little-known fact that nearly 17,000 California men and women volunteered for military service on behalf of the Union. Glenna Matthews broadens understanding of the Civil War era both in terms of geography and in terms of social groupings.
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• List of Illustrations ix Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 Daniel S. Margolies Part I Considering Truman in Historical Perspective 7
• 1 Truman in Historical, Popular, and Political Memory 9 Sean J. Savage
• 2 Rhetoric and Style of Truman s Leadership 26 Steven Casey Part II Enduring Questions 47
• 3 Anxieties of Empire and the Truman Administration 49 Jeremi Suri
• 4 Harry S. Truman and the Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb 67 Sean L. Malloy
• 5 The Origins of the Cold War in International Perspective 87 Amanda Kay McVety Part III Truman, the State, and the World System 109
• 6 Exporting the American Experience: Global Economic Governance and the Foreign Economic Policy of the Truman Administration 111 Francine McKenzie
• 7 NSC-68 and the National Security State 131 Curt Cardwell
• 8 Strategists and Rhetoricians: Truman s Foreign Policy Advisers 159 Benjamin A. Coates Part IV The Truman Presidency and the Shaping of Postwar American Society 189
• 9 Truman, Reconversion, and the Emergence of the Post-World War II Consumer Society 191 Susannah Walker
• 10 The Fair Deal 210 Jason Scott Smith
• 11 The Election of 1948 222 Dean J. Kotlowski
• 12 The Truman Administration and the Public Policy of Civilian Defense: Making the Best of a Nightmare 246 Andrew D. Grossman
• 13 The Environmental History of the Truman Years, 1945
• 53 260 Mark Harvey
• 14 Truman and Civil Rights 287 Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford Part V Truman s Foreign Policy 303
• 15 Great Britain and American Hegemony 305 Kathleen Britt Rasmussen
• 16 The Truman Doctrine 327 Elizabeth Edwards Spalding
• 17 Harry S. Truman and the Marshall Plan 347 Robert H. Landrum
• 18 Truman and the Middle East 362 Kelly J. Shannon
• 19 Harry S. Truman s Latin American Policy 389 Michael Donoghue
• 20 Truman and NATO 410 Stephanie Trombley Averill
• 21 Truman, the United Nations, and the Origins of the Postwar World Order 428 Robert McGreevey
• 22 The Truman Administration and Cold War Neutrals 436 T. Michael Ruddy
• 23 The Legacies of Nuremberg in International Law and American Policy 453 Jinee Lokaneeta Part VI America and the Postwar Pacific Rim 463
• 24 The Occupation of Japan: A History of Its Histories 465 Hiroshi Kitamura
• 25 The Birth of a Rivalry: Sino-American Relations During the Truman Administration 484 Gregg Brazinsky
• 26 Conflicts in Korea 498 James I. Matray
• 27 Setting the Pattern: The Truman Administration and Southeast Asia 532 Mark Atwood Lawrence References 553 Further Reading 598 Index 605.
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With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. * Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency * Provides new approaches to the historiography of Truman and his policies * Features a variety of historiographic methodologies.
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• Intro; Preface; Contents; Introduction. History and Development of the Pulitzer Prize for American History; Selections from Award-Winning Entries; Remarks About the Selections Criteria; 1917 Award. About the Americans in Various Historical Phases; 1918 Award. About the Stages of the Civil War; 1919 Award. About the Withhold of the History Prize; 1920 Award. About the Central Aspects of the War with Mexico; 1921 Award. About the Naval Strategy in World War I; 1922 Award. About the Founding of New England States; 1923 Award. About the Supreme Court in U.S. History.

• 1924 Award. About the Background of the American Revolution1925 Award. About the Frontier Development of the U.S.; 1926 Award. About the General History of the United States; 1927 Award. About the Disputes on the Mississippi Question; 1928 Award. About the Romantic Revolution in America; 1929 Award. About the Union Army's Administration; 1930 Award. About the Results of the Independence War; 1931 Award. About the Coming of the First World War; 1932 Award. About the Personal Experiences in World War I; 1933 Award. About the Sections in American History.

• 1934 Award. About the Presidents after George Washington1935 Award. About the Colonial Period of North America; 1936 Award. About The Constitutional History of the United States; 1937 Award. About the Flowering of the New England Region; 1938 Award. About the Road to American Reunion; 1939 Award. About the History of American Periodicals; 1940 Award. About the War Years of Abraham Lincoln; 1941 Award. About the Continuing Settlement of the United States; 1942 Award. About the Conclusive Phase of Lincoln's Presidency; 1943 Award. About the Upcoming of a Famous Boston Pioneer.

• 1944 Award. About the Growth of Thought in America1945 Award. About the U.S. Policy after the First World War; 1946 Award. About the Age of President Andrew Jackson; 1947 Award. About the U.S. Struggle for Superiority in World War II; 1948 Award. About the Crossing of the Missouri River; 1949 Award. About the Disruption of American Democracy; 1950 Award. About the Art and Life in the United States; 1951 Award. About the Pioneer Period of the Northwest; 1952 Award. About the Great Migrations in America; 1953 Award. About the Years of President James Monroe.

• 1954 Award. About the Civil War in the State of Virginia1955 Award. About the Rio Grande in North American History; 1956 Award. About the Age of Reform in the United States; 1957 Award. About the Early Soviet-American Relations; 1958 Award. About the American Bank Policy Since the Revolution; 1959 Award. About the History of the U.S. Administrative System; 1960 Award. About the Twenty-Fifth President of the United States; 1961 Award. About the American Position at the Potsdam Conference; 1962 Award. About the Pre-Revolution Years in America.

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions.
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• Vol.
• 1. To 1877
• vol.
• 2. Since 1877.

• Vol.
• 1. Cover; Contents; Preface;
• 1. The New World;
• 2. Colliding Cultures;
• 3. British North America;
• 4. Colonial Society;
• 5. The American Revolution;
• 6. A New Nation;
• 7. The Early Republic;
• 8. The Market Revolution;
• 9. Democracy in America;
• 10. Religion and Reform;
• 11. The Cotton Revolution;
• 12. Manifest Destiny;
• 13. The Sectional Crisis;
• 14. The Civil War;
• 15. Reconstruction; Contributors.

"I too am not a bit tamed-I too am untranslatable / I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world."-Walt Whitman, "Song of Myself, " Leaves of Grass The American Yawp is a free, online, collaboratively built American history textbook. Over 300 historians joined together to create the book they wanted for their own students-an accessible, synthetic narrative that reflects the best of recent historical scholarship and provides a jumping-off point for discussions in the U.S. history classroom and beyond. Long before Whitman and long after, Americans have sung something collectively amid the deafening roar of their many individual voices. The Yawp highlights the dynamism and conflict inherent in the history of the United States, while also looking for the common threads that help us make sense of the past. Without losing sight of politics and power, The American Yawp incorporates transnational perspectives, integrates diverse voices, recovers narratives of resistance, and explores the complex process of cultural creation. It looks for America in crowded slave cabins, bustling markets, congested tenements, and marbled halls. It navigates between maternity wards, prisons, streets, bars, and boardrooms. The fully peer-reviewed edition of The American Yawp will be available in two print volumes designed for the U.S. history survey. Volume I begins with the indigenous people who called the Americas home before chronicling the collision of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans.The American Yawp traces the development of colonial society in the context of the larger Atlantic World and investigates the origins and ruptures of slavery, the American Revolution, and the new nation's development and rebirth through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Rather than asserting a fixed narrative of American progress, The American Yawp gives students a starting point for asking their own questions about how the past informs the problems and opportunities that we confront today.
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• Preface
• Settlement of the Champlain Valley
• A postponed war
• The eve of the war
• the northeast
• War comes
• Indians, furs, and prisoners of war
• The tragic first winter
• A summer of setbacks: 1813
• The Hampton-Wilkinson fiasco
• The third tense summer: 1814
• The British occupation of Plattsburgh
• The battle of Plattsburgh
• Aftermath
• Appendix.

This is the story of marching men and clashing ships, of suffering, and of occasional heroic deeds. As in wars past, and for similar reasons, Lake Champlain and the region surrounding Lower Canada, Vermont, and Upstate New York became one of the major theaters of military action. For two and a half years, people in the region saw armies raised, defeated, and disbanded. They witnessed their own militia repeatedly called out to protect the border areas and to serve as adjuncts to regular army units. Despite a series of disheartening military reverses, loss of life, and destruction of property, civilians maintained a remarkable degree of resilience. They fled if battle threatened but soon returned to pick up the threads of their lives. Everest's story shows us a war in microcosm and allows us a close-up experience of the small events that helped shape the destiny of a youthful and growing nation.
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• Preface
• Settlement of the Champlain Valley
• A postponed war
• The eve of the war
• the northeast
• War comes
• Indians, furs, and prisoners of war
• The tragic first winter
• A summer of setbacks: 1813
• The Hampton-Wilkinson fiasco
• The third tense summer: 1814
• The British occupation of Plattsburgh
• The battle of Plattsburgh
• Aftermath
• Appendix.

This is the story of marching men and clashing ships, of suffering, and of occasional heroic deeds. As in wars past, and for similar reasons, Lake Champlain and the region surrounding Lower Canada, Vermont, and Upstate New York became one of the major theaters of military action. For two and a half years, people in the region saw armies raised, defeated, and disbanded. They witnessed their own militia repeatedly called out to protect the border areas and to serve as adjuncts to regular army units. Despite a series of disheartening military reverses, loss of life, and destruction of property, civilians maintained a remarkable degree of resilience. They fled if battle threatened but soon returned to pick up the threads of their lives. Everest's story shows us a war in microcosm and allows us a close-up experience of the small events that helped shape the destiny of a youthful and growing nation.
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• Introduction (William Deverell and David Igler). Notes on Contributors. Part I: Introductory Essays.
• Chapter 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining California through Culture (James Quay, California Council for the Humanities).
• Chapter 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State: Defining California through History (D. J. Waldie, Independent historian).
• Chapter 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining California Through Visual Culture (Catherine Gudis, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 4. At the Crossroads: Defining California Through the Global Economy (Richard A. Walker, University of California, Berkeley). Part II: Early California.
• Chapter 5. Junipero Serra Across the Generations (Steven W. Hackel, University of California, Riverside).
• Chapter 6. Alta California, the Pacific, and International Commerce Before the Gold Rush (David Igler, University of California, Irvine).
• Chapter 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society (Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti, Independent historian).
• Chapter 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century (Omar Valerio-Jimenez, University of Iowa). Part III: Conquest and Statehood.
• Chapter 9. The 1850s (William Deverell).
• Chapter 10. Nature & Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 (Douglas Cazaux Sackman, University of Puget Sound).
• Chapter 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century (William Bauer, Jr., University of Wyoming).
• Chapter 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth Century Rural California (David Vaught, Texas A & M University).
• Chapter 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits (Robert Chao Romero, University of California, Los Angeles).
• Chapter 14. Reconsidering Conservation (Benjamin Johnson, Southern Methodist University).
• Chapter 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth-Century (Darren Dochuk, Purdue University).
• Chapter 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives (Lon Kurashige, University of Southern California).
• Chapter 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s (Rick Wartzman, Claremont Graduate University). Part IV: Modern California.
• Chapter 18. The Second World War (Arthur Verge, El Camino College).
• Chapter 19. Between Liberation & Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity (Daniel Hurewitz, Hunter College).
• Chapter 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and the Twentieth Century (Kevin Leonard, Western Washington University).
• Chapter 21. The Long 1950s (Shana Bernstein, Southwestern University).
• Chapter 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920-1970 (Douglas Smith, Occidental College).
• Chapter 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the Postwar Decades (Kirse Granat May, Clark College).
• Chapter 24. At the Center of Indian Country (Nicolas G. Rosenthal, Loyola Marymount University).
• Chapter 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics (Josh Sides, California State University, Northridge).
• Chapter 26. A Generation of Leaders, But Not in the Fields: The Legacy of Cesar Chavez (Miriam Pawel, Independent historian).
• Chapter 27. Hollywood Changes Its Script (John Horn, Los Angeles Times). Part V: California Prospects in the 21st Century.
• Chapter 28. Immigration and Race in the 21st Century (Bill Ong Hing, University of California, Davis).
• Chapter 29. Political Prospects in the 21st Century (Raphael J. Sonenshein, California State University, Fullerton).
• Chapter 30. Environmental Prospects in the 21st Century (Jon Christensen, Independent scholar).
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• List of Figures viii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction xiii Part I Introductory Essays 1
• 1. Beyond Dreams and Disappointments: Defining Californiathrough Culture 3 James Quay
• 2. Rereading, Misreading, and Redeeming the Golden State:Defining California through History 22 D. J. Waldie
• 3. I Thought California Would Be Different: Defining Californiathrough Visual Culture 40 Catherine Gudis
• 4. At the Crossroads: Defi ning California through the GlobalEconomy 75 Richard A. Walker Part II Early California 97
• 5. Junipero Serra across the Generations 99 Steven W. Hackel
• 6. Alta California, the Pacifi c, and International Commercebefore the Gold Rush 116 David Igler
• 7. Licit and Illicit Unions: Engendering Mexican Society127 Rosamaria Toruno Tanghetti
• 8. Race and Immigration in the Nineteenth Century 145 Omar Valerio-Jimenez Part III Conquest and Statehood 159
• 9. The 1850s 161 William Deverell
• 10. Nature and Conquest: After the Deluge of '49 175 Douglas Cazaux Sackman
• 11. Native Californians in the Nineteenth Century 192 William Bauer, Jr.
• 12. Transformations in Late Nineteenth-century Rural California215 David Vaught
• 13. Transnational Commercial Orbits 230 Robert Chao Romero
• 14. Reconsidering Conservation 246 Benjamin Heber Johnson
• 15. Religion in the Early Twentieth Century 262 Darren Dochuk
• 16. Immigration, Race, and the Progressives 278 Lon Kurashige
• 17. New Deal, No Deal: The 1930s 292 Rick Wartzman Part IV Modern California 309
• 18. World War II 311 Arthur Verge
• 19. Between Liberation and Oppression: Gay Politics and Identity322 Daniel Hurewitz
• 20. Making Multiculturalism: Immigration, Race, and theTwentieth Century 339 Kevin Allen Leonard
• 21. The Long 1950s 358 Shana Bernstein
• 22. Apportionment Politics, 1920-70 375 Douglas Smith
• 23. Under the Warm California Sun: Youth Culture in the PostwarDecades 391 Kirse Granat May
• 24. At the Center of Indian Country 405 Nicolas G. Rosenthal
• 25. Sexual Revolutions and Sexual Politics 416 Josh Sides
• 26. A Generation of Leaders, but Not in the Fields: The Legacyof Cesar Chavez 428 Miriam Pawel
• 27. Hollywood Changes its Script 443 John Horn Part V California Prospects in the Twenty-first Century453
• 28. Immigration and Race in the Twenty-first Century 455 Bill Ong Hing
• 29. Political Prospects in the Twenty-first Century 472 Raphael J. Sonenshein
• 30. Environmental Prospects in the Twenty-first Century483 Jon Christensen Index 499.
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This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.* Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field* Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history* Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text* Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West.
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These special units were some of the best fighters in the entire Civil War, as much for their unconventional approach as their bravery. This book details the exploits of these early Rangers on both sides of the American Civil War.
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• Volume I Notes on Contributors x Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxiii Part I Campaigns and Battles 1 1 Virginia 1861 3 Clayton R. Newell 2 Missouri 19 Jeffrey Patrick 3 Mississippi Valley Campaign 41 Barbara A. Gannon 4 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign 56 Jonathan A. Noyalas 5 Logistics 74 Brian Holden Reid 6 Peninsula Campaign 95 Timothy J. Orr 7 Soldiers 114 Lorien Foote 8 Kentucky 132 Aaron Astor 9 Guerrillas 154 Barton A. Myers 10 Maryland Campaign of 1862 178 Benjamin Franklin Cooling 11 Battle of Antietam 195 D. Scott Hartwig 12 Civil War Tactics 211 Jennifer M. Murray 13 Battle of Fredericksburg 231 Mark A. Snell 14 Blockading Campaigns 240 Samuel Negus 15 Chancellorsville Campaign 262 Christian B. Keller 16 Battle of Gettysburg 280 Carol Reardon 17 African-American Soldiering 297 Andre M. Fleche 18 Vicksburg Campaign 316 Steven Nathaniel Dossman 19 Occupation 328 Jacqueline Glass Campbell 20 Arkansas 338 Buck T. Foster 21 Indian America 365 Megan Kate Nelson 22 Naval Development and Warfare 386 Kurt Henry Hackemer 23 Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga 410 Keith S. Bohannon 24 Atlanta Campaign 428 Robert L. Glaze 25 Georgia and Carolinas Campaigns 444 Anne Sarah Rubin 26 Prisons 456 James Gillispie 27 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign 476 Scott C. Patchan 28 Overland Campaign, 1864 492 Mark Grimsley 29 Louisiana and Texas Campaigns 501 Bradley R. Clampitt 30 Petersburg Campaign 521 Brian Matthew Jordan 31 Technology and War 540 Andrew S. Bledsoe 32 War and Environment 561 Kathryn Shively Meier 33 Appomattox Campaign 573 Bradley A. Wineman 34 Medicine and Health Care 590 Michael A. Flannery 35 Civil War Veterans 608 James Marten Volume II Notes on Contributors x Preface xviii Acknowledgments xxiii Part II Leaders 629 36 Ulysses S. Grant 631 James J. Broomall 37 Robert E. Lee 652 Elizabeth Brown Pryor 38 United States Generals 673 Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh 39 Abraham Lincoln 691 Brian Dirck 40 Jefferson Davis 710 Lynda Lasswell Crist 41 Frederick Douglass 724 L. Diane Barnes Part III Politics, Society, and Culture 741 42 Civil War Diplomacy 743 Jay Sexton 43 Ethnicity 763 David T. Gleeson 44 Women 779 Judith Giesberg 45 Manhood 795 Brian Craig Miller 46 Northern Politics 811 Adam I.P. Smith 47 Southern Politics 830 John M. Sacher 48 Northern Dissent 849 Matthew Warshauer 49 Southern Dissent 867 Margaret M. Storey 50 Northern Home Front 891 Robert M. Sandow 51 Southern Home Front 909 Aaron Sheehan-Dean 52 Abolitionists in the Civil War 927 Stanley Harrold 53 Slavery in the Civil War 949 Jaime Amanda Martinez 54 Emancipation 965 Yael A. Sternhell 55 Literature 987 Michael T. Bernath 56 Music 1003 Christian McWhirter 57 Religion 1021 Sean A. Scott 58 Constitution and Law 1035 Christian G. Samito 59 Nationalism 1056 Paul Quigley 60 Wartime Political Economy 1073 Sean Patrick Adams Part IV The Civil War in History 1087 61 Theory and Method 1089 Paul Christopher Anderson 62 The Global Civil War 1103 Don H. Doyle 63 Wartime Origins of Reconstruction 1121 John C. Rodrigue 64 Memory 1139 Caroline E. Janney Name Index 1155 Subject Index 1167.
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A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). * Represents the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil War * Features contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarship * Covers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and memory.
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• Table of Contents; Introduction; Is There a Need for Marx in American Studies?; American Studies in Social and Historical Context; Sisters and Solid Foundations; Fictionalizing Transatlantic Slavery; Women in Twentieth-Century American Theater; Negative Concord and Negative Polarity Items in African American Vernacular English; Deixis in Commencement Addresses delivered at American Universities; Imploding the Myth of Progress and Women's Emancipation in The New World Order as a Critique of US-led Economic Imperialism; A Pinch of Insight, a Dash of Resolution

• I'm a True Ferrari Diva (but I haven't always been this way)Contributors; Index

This volume explores the convergences and divergences of American Studies today, and, more specifically, investigates how this discipline might be approached. Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, the essays brought together here address concerns related to the role and capacity of American Studies in the early 21st century, amidst alarming circumstances of environmental, economic, and educational degradation in a world characterized by a transnational flux of people, money, and cultures. Since its inception in the 1930s, the field of American Studies has been continuously examining its own disciplinary concepts, methodological approaches, and geographic assumptions. This book responds to calls for an open and critical discussion, offering a multifaceted image of the current approaches to American Studies as a complex and rapidly evolving discipline. The authors of the articles included here are academics and junior researchers who share their investigations and perceptions, ranging from linguistics, literature, economic history, Marx's ideas, social theory, diasporic narratives, memory, trauma, gender issues, and teaching to popular culture-related phenomena and class-passing in ex-Yugoslavia against the background of the American Dream. The diverse and far-ranging representation of texts in this volume reflects the inseparability and confluence of different research interests within the discipline. The book avoids generalization and encourages interdisciplinarity through a number of critical and comparative contributions to this increasingly inclusive field of scholarship, which ensures its relevance in the ongoing debate about the capacity of American Studies to respond to an ever-broadening range of contemporary issues and challenges. Combining theory and practice in their examinations of academic and popular texts and investigations of American and non-American cultural matrices, the articles in this book will be interesting and useful to scholars and students, as well as the general reader.
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• 1. Introduction: the most controversial decision--
• 2. Franklin Roosevelt, the Manhattan project, and the development of the atomic bomb--
• 3. Harry Truman, Henry Stimson, and atomic briefings--
• 4. James F. Byrnes, the atomic bomb, and the Pacific war--
• 5. The Potsdam conference, the trinity test, and 'atomic diplomacy'--
• 6. Hiroshima, the Japanese, and the Soviets--
• 7. The Japanese surrender--
• 8. Necessary, but was it right?--
• 9. Byrnes, the Soviets, and the American atomic monopoly--
• 10. The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War.
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This book explores the American use of atomic bombs and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision-making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research and the best and most recent scholarship on the subject to fashion an incisive overview that is fair and forceful in its judgments. This study addresses a subject that has been much debated among historians and it confronts head-on the highly disputed claim that the Truman administration practised 'atomic diplomacy'. The book goes beyond its central historical analysis to ask whether it was morally right for the United States to use these terrible weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also provides a balanced evaluation of the relationship between atomic weapons and the origins of the Cold War.
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Skid Road tells the story of Seattle "from the bottom up, " offering an informal and engaging portrait of the Emerald City's first century, as seen through the lives of some of its most colorful citizens. With his trademark combination of deep local knowledge, precision, and wit, Murray Morgan traces the city's history from its earliest days as a hacked-from-the-wilderness timber town, touching on local tribes, settlers, the lumber and railroad industries, the great fire of 1889, the Alaska gold rush, flourishing dens of vice, the 1919 general strike, the 1962 World's Fair, and the stuttering growth of the 1970s and '80s. Through it all, Morgan shows us that Seattle's one constant is change and that its penchant for reinvention has always been fueled by creative, if sometimes unorthodox, residents. With a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic Mary Ann Gwinn, this redesigned edition of Murray Morgan's classic work is a must for those interested in how Seattle got to where it is today.
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