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New Bedford's Civil War
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- Creator
- Earl F. Mulderink III
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2012
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780823246670, 9780823243341, 9780823243372, 0823243370, 0823246671, 0823243346, 9780823243389, 0823243389
- OCLC
- ocn760176460, ocn830023770, ocn797844764
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "A burning and shining light": prosperity and enlightened governance in antebellum New Bedford -- "The nearest approach to freedom and equality": African Americans in antebellum New Bedford -- "Suppression of an unholy rebellion": wartime mobilization on the home front -- "Citizen-soldiers of Massachusetts": New Bedford's volunteers in the Civil War -- "Boys, I only did my duty": New Bedford's black soldiers in the fifty-fourth Massachusetts -- "Worthy recipients": New Bedford's black veterans and the web of social welfare -- "Business is extremely dull": whaling and manufacturing in wartime New Bedford -- "The position of our city has materially changed": public costs and municipal governance during the Civil War -- "The great hope for the future": New Bedford in the postbellum era -- "On the altar of our common country": contested commemorations of the Civil War
Subjects
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- History, Military -- 19th century.
- New Bedford (Mass.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.