Echoes of the American Civil War Abroad

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Perceptions, Identities, and Historical Memory

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Ivan Kurilla, Victoria I. Zhuravleva, Victoria I Zhuravleva

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Through a constructivist approach, this book views the era of the American Civil War as a transnational phenomenon, emphasizing its role in shaping national identities and historical memory worldwide.Extending identity narratives across time, contributors from Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States analyze a wide range of primary sources, including diplomatic correspondence, periodicals, memoirs, intellectual writings, fiction, political cartoons, and murals in order to untangle the international impact of the U.S. Civil War. The countries selected for analysis vary typologically, yet each provides particularly rich material for reconstructing national identity discourses—within a transatlantic framework, as explored in the first two parts of the volume, and within the broader context of the American continents, as addressed in the third part. Russia is treated in a separate section as a distinctive case—at once European, “the Other Europe,” and non-European—not only due to the parallels in the domestic and international developments of the Russian Empire and the United States, but also because of the enduring impact of the American Civil War on bilateral relations and mutual perceptions. Taken together, the volume’s three sections intersect and reinforce one another, demonstrating how both the Union and the Confederacy were invoked as symbolic Others to shape national self-understandings, grounded in evolving configurations of interests, ideologies, and values.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-07-23
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666920307

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List of IllustrationsIntroductionIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA) and Victoria Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)Part I. Europe and the American Civil War1. The American Civil War and the Reawakening of European DemocracyDon H. Doyle (University of South Carolina, USA)2. ‘A Bridge of Light that Spanned the Atlantic’: Great Britain, Race, and the Emotional Legacy of America’s Civil WarSusan-Mary Grant (University of Newcastle, UK)3. The American Civil War as Seen by French Liberals (1861-1865)Stève Sainlaude (Sorbonne University, FR)Part II. Russia and the American Civil War4. Changing Interpretations of the “Fleet story” in Changing Realities of US-Russia RelationsVictoria I. Zhuravleva (Russian State University for the Humanities, RU)5. The Distant War, the Near Debate: Russian Identity Discourses and the US Civil WarIvan Kurilla (The Ohio State University, USA)6. 'The Wind from the South': The American Civil War in Russian Fiction Lioudmila Fedorova (Georgetown University, USA)Part III. Americas and the US Civil War7. Mexican Responses to the Civil War in the United StatesBrian R. Hamnett (University of Essex, UK)8. Mexico and the American Civil War: A Long-Term Perspective. Impact, Effects, Images and the Shadows of History Erika Pani and Paolo Riguzzi (El Colegio de México, MEX)9. A Dangerous Influence: Repercussions of American Emancipation on Brazilian StatesmenVitor Izecksohn (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, BR) 10. A Mirror and a Warning: Canadian Understandings of the American Civil WarFrank Towers (University of Calgary, CA)BibliographyIndexAbout the Contributors