This study reframes Civil War-era history, arguing that the Franco-Prussian War contributed to a dramatic pivot in Northern commitment to African-American rights.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: naturalized citizens, transnational perspectives, and the arc of reconstruction; 1. The German language of American citizenship; 2. The 'freedom-loving German', 1854-60; 3. Black suffrage as a German cause in Missouri, 1865; 4. Principal rising, 1865-9; 5. Wendepunkt: the Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1; 6. The Liberal Republican transition, 1870-2; 7. Class, culture, and the decline of reconstruction, 1870-6; Epilogue: the Great Strike of 1877; Appendix: voting tables; Bibliography.