Yankee Dutchmen: Germans, the Union, and the Construction of a Wartime Identity
Editors
Susannah J. Ural
Colleges and Divisions
Arts and Letters
Department
History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Description
At its core, the Civil War was a conflict over the meaning of citizenship. Most famously, it became a struggle over whether or not to grant rights to a group that stood outside the pale of civil-society: African Americans. But other groups--namely Jews, Germans, the Irish, and Native Americans--also became part of this struggle to exercise rights stripped from them by legislation, court rulings, and the prejudices that defined the age.
Grounded in extensive research by experts in their respective fields, Civil War Citizens is the first volume to collectively analyze the wartime experiences of those who lived outside the dominant white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant citizenry of nineteenth-century America. The essays examine the momentous decisions made by these communities in the face of war, their desire for full citizenship, the complex loyalties that shaped their actions, and the inspiring and heartbreaking results of their choices-- choices that still echo through the United States today.
Publication/Event/Conference Title
Civil War Citizens: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in America’s Bloodiest Conflict
ISBN
9780814785706
Files
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Publication Date
2010
Edition
2010
Publisher
New York: New York University Press
Keywords
minorities, immigrants, social conditions, 19th century, United States, Civil War social aspects, African American participation, immigrant participation, ethnic groups, wartime society
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Engle, Stephen D., "Yankee Dutchmen: Germans, the Union, and the Construction of a Wartime Identity" (2010). Research Books. 12.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_books/12