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American Civil Wars : A Continental History, 1850-1873, Hardback Book

American Civil Wars : A Continental History, 1850-1873 Hardback

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In a beautifully crafted narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty-year period in which the United States, Mexico and Canada all transformed themselves into nations.

The American Civil War stands at the centre of the story, its military dimension and the drama of emancipation the focus.

The American West and its Native peoples feature prominently, with fascinating detail on California and the southwest borderlands.

The instability in the United States shakes the continent: it invites a French invasion of Mexico that fuels long-standing hostilities between Conservative and Liberal forces; in Canada it raises the urgency of a continental confederation to manage the differences of Francophones and Anglophones.

The vivid character portraits throughout are indelible: from Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and the great Liberal leader Benito Juárez to key Black abolitionists such as Martin Delany and Mary Ann Shadd.

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