The American Civil War in a global context by Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Signature Conference (6th : 2014 : Fairfax, Va.), Stearns, Peter N., editor; Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission instant download

The American Civil War in a global context by Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission. Signature Conference (6th : 2014 : Fairfax, Va.), Stearns, Peter N., editor; Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission instant download

viii, 167 pages ; 24 cm, \"On May 31, 2014, an international group of scholars gathered at George Mason University for the penultimate program in the Signature Conference series, The American Civil War in a Global Context, led by conference chair Peter N. Stearns. Scholars examined the many ways that the Civil War reverberated across the world. It became clear that considering the Civil War from an international standpoint provides a number of unexpected connections between the American crisis and the wider world, and sheds new light on the war itself.\"--Preface, \"The sixth in a series of seven Signature Conferences sponsored by the Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission, \"The American Civil War in a global context\" was held March 31, 2014 at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University.\"--Title page verso, Nationalism and Separatism: A global perspective of the American Civil War / Niels Eichorn -- The statecraft of secession and war: how foreign powers unintentionally shaped the start of the war / Brian Schoen -- The American Civil War and Italian National Unification: comparisons and connections between the Confederate South and Southern Italy / Enrico Dal Lago -- The Union Navy's blockade of the Confederacy: tradition-bound or a betrayal of America's birthright? / David G. Surdam -- Iron Lion or Paper Tiger? the myth of British Naval intervention in the American Civil War / Howard J. Fuller -- American blood and iron: the Civil War and the world's militaries / David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler -- \"Democracy on Its Trail\": the hoary question of the American Civil War and British reform / Hugh Dubrulle -- Imperialism and Civil War in mid-nineteenth-century East Asia / Brian Platt -- First fruit of the South's secession: the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America during the Civil War / Kenneth J. Blume -- Why Civil War Americans cared about Europe- and why Europeans cared about the American Civil War / Paul…