Becoming American under fire [electronic resource] : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
By: Samito, Christian G.
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BookPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009Description: x, 305 p. : ill.Subject(s): Irish American soldiers -- History -- 19th century | African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century | Irish Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century | Citizenship -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Irish American | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/415 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The crisis of citizenship in the 1850s -- The question of armed service -- African Americans in arms -- Equal rights and the experience of military justice for African American soldiers -- Irish Americans in arms -- African Americans and the call for rights -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship in America -- The affirmation of naturalized citizenship abroad -- Epilogue: the legacy of national citizenship in the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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