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Reforging the White Republic : race, religion, and American nationalism, 1865-1898
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During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But why, after the sacrifice made by thousands of Ci...
During Reconstruction, former abolitionists in the North had a golden opportunity to pursue true racial justice and permanent reform in America. But why, after the sacrifice made by thousands of Civil War patriots to arrive at this juncture, did the moment slip away, leaving many whites throughout the North and South more racist than before? Edward J. Blum takes a fresh look at this question in Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865-1898, where he focuses on the vital role that religion played in reunifying northern and southern whites into a racially segr.
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- Creator
- Edward J. Blum
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- English
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- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©2005
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- 1 online resource (x, 356 pages) : illustrations
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- 9780807135839, 0807135836, 0807130524, 9780807130520, 9780807132487, 0807132489
- OCLC
- ocn427511199
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-344) and index.
- English.
- Introduction: Race, Religion, and the Fracturing of the White Republic -- The Last and Greatest Battle of Freedom: Race and the American Nation after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- On the Verge of Heaven: Religious Missions, Interracial Contact, and the Radicalism of Radical Reconstruction -- The Apostles of Forgiveness: Religion and National Reunion in Northern Society, Popular Culture, and National Politics, 1865 -1875 -- Inventor of Legends Miraculous: National Reconciliation and Racial Segregation during America's Third Great Awakening -- The White Flag Waves: Spiritual Reunion and Genocidal Visions during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 -- No North, No South, No Sectionalism in Politics, No Sex in Citizenship: Race, Nationalism, and Gender Politics in the Rise of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- To the Person Sitting in Darkness: Global Missions, Religious Belief, and the Making of the Imperial White Republic