Patriotism by Proxy: The Civil War Draft and the Cultural Formation of Citizen-Soldiers, 1863-1865

by Colleen Glenney Boggs

Book Overview

At the height of the Civil War in 1863, the Union instated the first-ever federal draft. Patriotism By Proxy develops a new understanding of the connections between American literature and American lives by focusing on this historic moment when the military transformed both.

Paired with the Emancipation Proclamation, the 1863 draft inaugurated new relationships between the nation and its citizens. A massive bureaucratic undertaking, it redefined...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198863675
• ISBN13: 9780198863670
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"