| Bonds of Union: Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland Contributor(s): Ford, Bridget (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469654687 ISBN-13: 9781469654683 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $28.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Social History - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 973.71 |
| LCCN: 2015031950 |
| Series: Civil War America |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 8.1" W x 9.1" (1.20 lbs) 424 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Geographic Orientation - Kentucky - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This vivid history of the Civil War era reveals how unexpected bonds of union forged among diverse peoples in the Ohio-Kentucky borderlands furthered emancipation through a period of spiraling chaos between 1830 and 1865. Moving beyond familiar arguments about Lincoln's deft politics or regional commercial ties, Bridget Ford recovers the potent religious, racial, and political attachments holding the country together at one of its most likely breaking points, the Ohio River. Living in a bitterly contested region, the Americans examined here--Protestant and Catholic, black and white, northerner and southerner--made zealous efforts to understand the daily lives and struggles of those on the opposite side of vexing human and ideological divides. In their common pursuits of religious devotionalism, universal public education regardless of race, and relief from suffering during wartime, Ford discovers a surprisingly capacious and inclusive sense of political union in the Civil War era. While accounting for the era's many disintegrative forces, Ford reveals the imaginative work that went into bridging stark differences in lived experience, and she posits that work as a precondition for slavery's end and the Union's persistence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ford, Bridget: - Bridget Ford is associate professor of history at California State University, East Bay. |