how the Civil War created a nation Goldfield, David R. 1944- creator text bibliography nyu New York Bloomsbury Press 2011 1st U.S. ed. monographic eng

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632 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. In this history, the author offers a new interpretation of the Civil War era since James M. McPherson's "Battle Cry of Freedom." Where past scholars have limned the war as a triumph of freedom, this author sees it as America's greatest failure: the result of a breakdown caused by the infusion of evangelical religion into the public sphere. As the Second Great Awakening surged through America, political questions became matters of good and evil to be fought to the death. The price of that failure was horrific, but the carnage accomplished what statesmen could not. A nation reborn -- Crusades -- Empire -- Revolutions -- Railroaded -- Blood on the Plains -- Revival -- The boatman -- The tug comes -- Just causes -- Shiloh awakening -- Born in a day -- Blood and transcendence -- A new nation -- War is cruelty -- One nation, indivisible -- The age of reason -- Aspirations -- A golden moment -- The golden spike -- Political science -- Let it be -- Centennial. David Goldfield. Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-615) and index. n-us--- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Religious aspects United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects National characteristics, American Estados Unidos Historia 002 E 178.1 G618a 2011 973 9781596917026 (hbk.) 1596917024 (hbk.) 2010025241 DLC 100624 20230404125755.0 104603