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Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era
- Title
- Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
- Author
- Samito, Christian G.
- Publication
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- x, 305 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- Citizenship > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, Irish American
- United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865
- Irish Americans > Legal status, laws, etc > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
- African American soldiers > History > 19th century
- African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc > History > 19th century
- Irish American soldiers > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-779
- ISBN
- 9780801448461 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0801448468 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009023335
- OCLC
- 320799348
- Author
- Samito, Christian G.
- Title
- Becoming American under fire : Irish Americans, African Americans, and the politics of citizenship during the Civil War era / Christian G. Samito.
- Imprint
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2009.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-779IE 10-4906