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The Golden State in the Civil War : Thomas Starr King, the Republican party, and the birth of modern California
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- Summary
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"This book breaks new ground in its coverage of California, broadening understanding of the Civil War era both in terms of geography and in terms of social groupings"--
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- Creator
- Glenna Matthews
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012
- Physical Details
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- xii, 272 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9786613571373, 1107639212, 1280393459, 9780521194006, 1139336339, 1139339656, 1139338072, 1139341235, 1139013750, 1107223334, 0521194008, 1139333887, 9781107639218, 1139337203
- OCLC
- ocn756767661, ocn792684448
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Machine generated contents note: 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