Loyal Subjects: Bonds of Nation, Race, and Allegiance in Nineteenth-Century America

by Elizabeth Duquette

Book Overview

When one nation becomes two, or when two nations become one, what does national affiliation mean or require? Elizabeth Duquette answers this question by demonstrating how loyalty was used during the U.S. Civil War to define proper allegiance to the Union. For Northerners during the war, and individuals throughout the nation after Appomattox, loyalty affected the construction of national identity, moral authority, and racial characteristics.

Loyal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813547814
• ISBN13: 9780813547817
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"