American Sectionalism in the British Mind 1832-1863 by Peter O'connor - 2017

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Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2017. Hardcover. New. 280 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 2017. Hardcover. New. 280 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New. In American Sectionalism in the British Mind, 1832- 1863, Peter O'Connor uses an innovative interdisciplinary approach to provide a corrective to simplified interpretations of British attitudes towards the United States during the antebellum and early Civil War periods. Exploring the many complexities of transatlantic politics and culture, O'Connor examines developing British ideas about U.S. sectionalism, from the abolition of slavery in the British Empire and the Nullification Crisis in South Carolina to the Civil War. Through a close reading of travelogues, fictional accounts, newspaper reports, and personal papers, O'Connor argues that the British literate population had a longstanding familiarity with U.S. sectionalism and with the complex identities of the North and South. As a consequence of their engagement with published accounts of America produced in the decades leading up to the Civil War, the British populace approached the conflict through these preexisting… Read More

LSU Press. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1.