Legacy of Disunion: The Enduring Significance of the American Civil War (review)

The Enduring Significance of the American Civil War, Susan-Mary Grant and Peter J. Parish suggest that the "great issues of the Civil War era-nationalism, democracy, liberty, equality, race, majority rule and minority rights, central authority and local self-government, the use and abuse of pow...

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Published inCivil War History Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 432 - 434
Main Author Clark, Kathleen Ann
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Kent The Kent State University Press 01.12.2005
Kent State University Press
Subjects
African Americans
American Civil War
Armed forces
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
Nonfiction
Sedgwick, Peter
Social impact
War
Louisiana
Georgia
Baton Rouge Louisiana
United States > US
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Summary:The Enduring Significance of the American Civil War, Susan-Mary Grant and Peter J. Parish suggest that the "great issues of the Civil War era-nationalism, democracy, liberty, equality, race, majority rule and minority rights, central authority and local self-government, the use and abuse of power, and the horrors of all-out war-are as alive in the early twenty-first century as they were in the mid-nineteenth century" (5). Cook explores the efforts of African American leaders to ensure that observances of the Civil War centennial acknowledged the centrality of slavery and the role of black soldiers in the conflict at a time when segregationists were determined to make the anniversary a celebration of the Confederacy.
ISSN:0009-8078
1533-6271
1533-6271
DOI:10.1353/cwh.2005.0056