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The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle Over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic

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The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle Over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic - Downs, Gregory P
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"Gregory P. Downs argues that we can see the Civil War anew by understanding it as a revolution. More than a fight to preserve the Union and end slavery, the conflict refashioned a nation, in part by remaking its Constitution. More than a struggle of brother against brother, it entailed remaking an Atlantic world that centered in surprising ways on Cuba and Spain. Downs introduces a range of actors not often considered as central to the conflict but clearly engaged in broader questions and acts they regarded as ...

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The Second American Revolution: The Civil War-Era Struggle Over Cuba and the Rebirth of the American Republic 2019, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill

ISBN-13: 9781469652733

Hardcover